Title: Sr Software Engineer, D&T, IoT Solution
Taipei, Taiwan, TW
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Job Summary:
The Sr. Software Engineer, D&T, IoT Solution Architect requires in-depth knowledge and experience to work autonomously and oversee and take part in the architectural design, development, and enhancement of West IoT applications. He will work with an international team to bring power of IoT in the Pharmaceutical space to enable more efficient and effective production flow as well as instrumentally contribute to West Pharma IoT internal and customer facing capabilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Engineer products and services with international team for both internal and external stakeholders.
- Build performant and reliable Internet-of-Things software components with various technologies
- Take ownership of projects and deliverable
- Communicate & work with local and overseas teams
- Coaches, supports and trains other developers and engineers
- Contribute to the team know-how and general industry good practices
- Collaborates with senior roles to architect project from prototypes to testing
- Trace code and understand the design of complex systems
- Design & develop new features to match stakeholders requirements
- Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent preferred
- 5+ years of related work experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to read/write/speak/listen in English
- Ability to master new technologies quickly
- Solid development experience with various programing languages & databases
- Programing experience in Erlang/Elixir a plus
- Solid IoT related software development background, including:
- Experience in building distributed or data intensive systems
- Experience with device connectivity & protocols (HTTP, MQTT)
- Experience with communication encryption preferred (TLS, PKI, Digital Signature)
- Experience with firmware development a plus
- Experience in Cloud services CICD & hosting a plus
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and complex environment with a self-motivated work ethic; use sound judgment with an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency
- Ability to work in a virtual environment in a global organization and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment in making decisions and resolving complex problems related to general and technical aspects of the job.
- Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times.
Physical and Travel Requirements
- Less than 10% travel, including international and within Asia Pacific
- on-call work required
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