Senior Backend R&D Engineer - REMOTE (f/m)

6 Days ago • 1 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Backend R&D Engineer will contribute to the development of the core services of the SimAI SaaS platform, an AI-based technology for simulation. This role involves using last-generation tools like Python, Elixir, Rust, and Postgres to grow a platform that intelligently leverages computing resources and mobilizes large amounts of data. The engineer will work autonomously on end-to-end jobs, from problem definition to implementation, collaborating with a team of experts to build the future of computer-assisted system design.
Must have:
  • Understand customer requirements
  • Design, implement, maintain and test backend services
  • Perform bug qualification, release testing
  • Improve performance of backend services vs. database access patterns and schemas
  • Ensure advanced observability and service composability
  • Modularize backend architecture using a balanced approach
  • Improve infrastructure resilience using load testing and staged service interruption methods
  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1-year experience
  • Software development experience, on open-source software or in a professional setting
  • Deep knowledge of databases
  • Experience with multiple programming languages
Good to have:
  • Top-notch communication and interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of, and taste for elegant software design
  • Familiar with long-running jobs, asynchronous architectures and communication
  • Familiar with message exchanges, queues and associated bottlenecks
  • Familiar with event-oriented architectures
  • Ample knowledge of database fundamentals (indexes, ORMs) and associated bottlenecks
  • Knowledge of scalable and clustered architectures
  • Familiar with data-intensive applications and data pipelines
  • Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team
  • Experience with Python, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Redis
  • Experience with Rust and Elixir

Job Details

Ansys is now a part of Synopsys. Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) accelerates technology innovation from silicon to systems. Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, we deliver design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP, to system design and multiphysics simulation and analysis. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

Summary / Role Purpose

The SimAI platform is a SaaS AI-based technology that brings unprecedented speed, innovation and accessibility to simulation. It is based on proprietary Deep Learning algorithms at the forefront of AI state of the art. With Ansys SimAI, users can train AI models using simulation results and then can reliably predict the performance of complex problems in minutes instead of hours or days. It empowers users to take faster decisions, make faster iterations and ultimately faster innovation.

The Senior R&D engineer will contribute to the development of the core services of the SimAI SaaS platform. The Senior R&D engineer will use last-generation tools (python sync/async, elixir, rust, postgres). The Senior R&D engineer problem-solving skills will help us grow a platform with a particular load profile, that intelligently leverages a host of computing resources and mobilizes tens of TBs of data. To do this, The Senior backend engineer will collaborate with a team of experts who are, together, building the future of computer-assisted system design.

In our team, autonomy is key. The Senior R&D engineer will be tasked with end-to-end jobs from problem definition to implementation, that range from incremental improvements to far-ranging improvements in internal architecture.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Understand customer requirements
  • Design, implement, maintain and test backend services, including new parts of the product that follow R&D research effort
  • Perform bug qualification, release testing
  • Improve performance of backend services vs. database access patterns and schemas, yet keeping ease of coding and code discoverability top-notch
  • Ensure advanced observability and service composability
  • Modularize backend architecture using a balanced approach
  • Improve infrastructure resilience using load testing and staged service interruption methods

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

  • BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1-year experience
  • Software development experience, on open-source software or in a professional setting
  • Deep knowledge of databases, experience with multiple programming languages

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

  • Top-notch communication and interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge of, and taste for elegant software design
  • Familiar with long-running jobs, asynchronous architectures and communication
  • Familiar with message exchanges, queues and associated bottlenecks
  • Familiar with event-oriented architectures
  • Ample knowledge of database fundamentals (indexes, ORMs) and associated bottlenecks
  • Knowledge of scalable and clustered architectures
  • Familiar with data-intensive applications and data pipelines
  • Ability to learn quickly and to collaborate with others in a geographically distributed team
  • Experience with Python, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Redis
  • Experience with Rust and Elixir is a plus

Rewards and Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process.

At Ansys, part of Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.

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