Senior Software Engineer

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Overview

If you want to make a genuine difference to people’s lives then this role is perfect for you .

At Waters, the Informatics group produce software that is used by people worldwide for specialist measurement and scientific analysis. We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Software Engineer where you’ll have the opportunity to be part of a team developing our LCMS quantitation software used by scientists to analyse everything from pharmaceuticals during quality control, to pesticide levels in fruit to ensure they are safe to eat.

You’ll be joining a collaborative, agile environment, where team members are empowered to innovate and continually improve. We believe strongly in the value of personal development, and provide support and dedicated time for you to pursue this.

Our software developers are a key component in our ability to provide instruments and software that enable our customers to undertake drug testing, neonatal screening, conducting food safety tests and many more applications. Our instruments have been critical in helping our customers develop Covid-19 tests and vaccines.

What can we offer you?

• A plan for your personal development in your own area of specialism, pursuing this with the support of your manager to undertake the training and learning to progress
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid approach
• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave
• Private health and dental insurance
• Contributory based pension scheme
• Subsidized membership of onsite gym
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
  
  

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Software development across our technology stack
• Working collaboratively as part of a cross discipline agile team to deliver software increments for Informatics applications
• Contributing to team and project continuous improvement activities
• Contributing to continuous integration and delivery frameworks and approaches
• Continual learning, to stay up-to-date with the latest techniques and technologies in software development
  
  

Qualifications

What will make you a successful Software Developer at Waters:

• Knowledge and shown experience as a full stack software developer, ideally with exposure to elements across our technology stack (Angular, Typescript, Bootstrap, C#, .Net, Oracle).
• Knowledge and application of software engineering practices (e.g. Unit testing, TDD, CI/CD, SOLID, BDD etc.).
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems.
• Excellent communication and team working skills.
  
  

The following criteria are desirable, but are not essential since training will be provided for you:

• Agile software development for iterative product delivery
• Continuous delivery, with pipelines implemented in Docker, Linux & Gradle
• Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), with Gherkin & SpecFlow
• Atlassian Jira, Bamboo, Confluence & JFrog Artifactory
• Software security implementation (e.g. OWASP, PKI, X509 Certificates, TLS)
• Software development for regulated environments (e.g. IVD / Medical devices)
  
  

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world’s leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.