Our Why At Dotmatics
At Dotmatics, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive.
Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, MStar, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.
We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.
We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.
Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.
Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics
Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.
You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.
We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.
What do we need
Dotmatics is seeking a talented and experienced Principal Software Engineer and Architect who is excited to join a world class team to lead the end-to-end technical direction for image compression systems, including architecture definition, design, and implementation.
You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software products and algorithms for efficient data analysis and management. You will work with the team to push the envelope on creating novel and sophisticated algorithms with global impact in advancing data analytics in life sciences.
In this role you will get to
- Lead the technical execution to deliver software products for image compression, decompression, and visualization
- Lead the design and development of scalable enterprise and desktop software solutions that manage massive amounts of data for PMI’s biopharma customers
- Evaluate and drive explicit trade-offs between compression efficiency, performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Drive engineering excellence across coding standards, code reviews, testing, and security
- Serve as a technical leader within an agile environment, driving disciplined execution of agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups
- Work with cross-functional teams across the globe to ensure high-quality product delivery and maintenance for PMI customers
- Manage and lead a software engineering team by setting clear technical direction, providing consistent performance feedback, and guiding engineers through execution plans to achieve their goals.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer and technical leader with an advanced degree in Computer Science (or related field) and 12+ years of experience. You bring strong expertise in systems architecture, algorithm development, and high-performance software, along with a proven ability to lead teams and deliver scalable, reliable solutions in an agile environment.
The key skills we are looking for:
- C or C++ and one scripting language (Python)
- Algorithm development and optimization
- Web-based application architecture and development (ReactJS, NodeJS, database)
- Real time performance optimization and parallel processing such as multi-threading and GPU (scalability, robustness)
You may also have:
- Agile Methodologies
- Cloud-based system architecture (primarily AWS)
- SQL Databases
Research shows us the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.
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