Hybrid Software Engineer

at VALIS

• Job title: Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $100,000 - $140,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Linux, React, SQL, TypeScript, .NET
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Worcester, United States

About the role

• Software Engineer developing R&D for computer vision systems at VALIS. Building and enhancing products in a remote-first environment with occasional in-person work in Worcester, MA.

Responsibilities

• Greenfield R&D, building and deploying real-time computer vision systems
• Building a lab-scale vision system at our HQ in Worcester, MA (in-person on an as-needed basis)
• Designing and implementing high-throughput data pipelines from edge devices to cloud infrastructure
• Implementing on-device signal processing and data pre-processing
• Building observability infrastructure to track system health, throughput, and performance metrics
• Improving existing material sampling hardware deployed at customer recycling facilities
• Improving/building systems that reliably interface with hardware
• Remotely managing firmware, improving remote update & manage processes
• Remotely connecting to hardware deployed in the field
• Reading datasheets, writing drivers, and controlling hardware through software
• Developing and enhancing our web products
• Writing infrastructure-as-code (IAC) and working with Pulumi
• Contributing to backend services (.NET, C#) that process & serve data from deployed hardware systems
• Collaborating with the broader dev team on full-stack features, spanning from edge devices to web UI
• Working with cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Remote-first work, with occasional in-person work at our office in Worcester, MA (you must provide your own transportation)
• Occasional travel to customers' facilities for deployments, upgrades, and maintenance (continental US)

Requirements

• Strong async programming fundamentals
• Linux foundational knowledge and practical experience
• Networking fundamentals
• General basic electronics competence (prototype wiring, Raspberry Pi)
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Experience working on web products (TypeScript, React)
• Basic database fundamental knowledge (SQL, PostgresSQL)
• Degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Excitement in joining a seed-stage startup and growing (with) the company
• 1-4 years experience in a similar role (or significant internship experience)
• You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis (we cannot offer sponsorship at this time)

Benefits

• Salary ($100-140k)
• Equity (Employee Stock Option Plan)
• Employer Matched 401k Contribution
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, & Vision)
• Paid Time Off (Sick, Personal, Public Holidays, & Unlimited Vacation)