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Backburner Labs Inc.

Senior Software Engineer

saint paul, MN

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Backburner Labs Inc. lists this Senior Software Engineer opportunity in saint paul, Minnesota. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Some companies build software. Others build hardware. We build whatever the problem demands.

Backburner Labs is a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy where mechanical, electrical,systems,and software engineers work together to solve complex technical challenges. From embedded systems and industrial automation to robotics, medical devices, IoT, cloud platforms,and AI-enabledapplications, we help our clients build productsthat oftendon'texist yet.

Our clients come to us whenthe engineeringis difficult, the timeline is ambitious, and thereisn'ta roadmap waiting to be followed.They'relooking for engineers who can create one.

If that sounds exciting rather than intimidating,you'llprobably enjoyworking here.

You'llcollaborate with talented engineers across disciplines, influence technical decisions, learnnew technologies, and help turn ideas on a whiteboard into products used in the real world. We move quickly, trust our engineers, and expect everyone to contribute ideas,not just code, designs, or specifications.

Ifyou'rethe kind of engineer who asks, "What's the hardest problem we're solving?"beforeasking, "What's the tech stack?",you'llprobably feelright at home.

Come build whatdoesn'texist yet.

Quick Facts

Founded: 2019

Company: ~50 people (full-time and contract employees)

Current location: St Paul - St Anthony Park area

Future location: Minneapolis - Prospect Park area (we have leaseda 43,000 sq ft building)

Revenue: doubled every year for 5 years (more details shared later)

Some companies build software. Others build hardware. We build whatever the problem demands.

Backburner Labs is a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy where mechanical, electrical,systems,and software engineers work together to solve complex technical challenges. From embedded systems and industrial automation to robotics, medical devices, IoT, cloud platforms,and AI-enabledapplications, we help our clients build productsthat oftendon'texist yet.

Our clients come to us whenthe engineeringis difficult, the timeline is ambitious, and thereisn'ta roadmap waiting to be followed.They'relooking for engineers who can create one.

If that sounds exciting rather than intimidating,you'llprobably enjoyworking here.

You'llcollaborate with talented engineers across disciplines, influence technical decisions, learnnew technologies, and help turn ideas on a whiteboard into products used in the real world. We move quickly, trust our engineers, and expect everyone to contribute ideas,not just code, designs, or specifications.

Ifyou'rethe kind of engineer who asks, "What's the hardest problem we're solving?"beforeasking, "What's the tech stack?",you'llprobably feelright at home.

Come build whatdoesn'texist yet.

Quick Facts

Founded: 2019

Company: ~50 people (full-time and contract employees)

Current location: St Paul - St Anthony Park area

Future location: Minneapolis - Prospect Park area (we have leaseda 43,000 sq ft building)

Revenue: doubled every year for 5 years (more details shared later)

Client retention: 93%

The Position

Backburner Labs is seeking aSenior Software Engineerto become an integral part of our team! You willbe responsible forcreating andmodifyingcomputer application software for embedded, industrial, medical, IoT, Cloud,Linuxand real-time systems.

We are looking for a highly motivated candidatewho canoperateat a Senior Software Engineer level.

You will work closely with four principal-level software engineers. Because our engineering projects are diverse and complex, you will need to bevery opento learningnew technologies. You are expected to bring a wealth of valuable career knowledge to bear in solving software systems engineering problems for our customers.

Details:

Reports to: Principal Software Engineer

Team: ~8

Status: Full-time employee

Salary range: $!20,000 - $170,000

Interview process: (~2.5 weeks):Head of Talent - video call

Principal SoftwareEngineer- video call

Panel interview and tour - in personPeers

Leadership

Decision

Responsibilities:

Write great code

Analyze requirements and needs and develop software solutions

Work with the project manager or product owner to meet specification needs

Lead teams of engineers

Researchopen sourcetechnologies to find the best solution to a problem

Design and implement large software systems

Document all programming tasks and procedures

Perform software maintenance

Qualifications:

8+ Years of related industry experience

Degree in electrical, software, or computer engineering. Experience in software development or computer engineering

StrongproficiencywithC, C++, C#,andPython

Experience with Rust is preferable

Experience withDart (Flutter)is a plus

Strong understandingandproficiencywith Linux

Experience developing GUI and parallelizedhigh-performance software

FPGA and electrical experienceisa plus

Knowledge of cloud technologies

Kubernetes and IACisa plus

Familiarity with relational, graph, vector, and time series databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, NoSQLtechnologies,InfluxDB, Neo4j,pgvector.

Deadline and detail-oriented

Self-starter and excited to learn

Ability to work within multi-discipline engineering teams (mechanical and electrical)

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

Strong math skills a plus

Strong communicationand documentation skills

ALL ARE WELCOME

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of all backgrounds and believe different experiences, perspectives, and ideas make our team and our work better. If you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply.

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Worksite address

saint paul, MN, 55199, US

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