Application Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain processes, integrations, applications and scripts, mostly on the backend with Python
• Deploy cloud resources mostly with Terraform
• Some frontend (JS, React, Typescript)
• Design system requirements for new and existing applications
• Create and implement company-wide tools and methodologies
• Oversee, and often perform, major application installations and upgrades
• Develop applications supporting physical product design, manufacturing, logistics, and inventory systems
• Review peer code
• Contribute to many internal git repositories

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django
• API development experience in Python (graphql, REST)
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB)
• Understanding of ORM (object-relational mapping) libraries such as SQLAlchemy
• Excellent python coding skills and understanding of python best practices
• Cloud (AWS) development and deployment experience
• General frontend development knowledge (React, TypeScript)
• Good communication skills, and ability to collect requirements from customers
• Great customer service skills as it relates to application support and training
• Experience with docker or similar container based systems

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with developing internal business applications
• Experience supporting physical product design, manufacturing, logistics, or inventory systems
• In-depth knowledge of Linux systems
• Experience with authentication, authorization methods and access control
• Experience with process automation & integration
• Experience with requirements gathering & customer support
• Experience with code review & git collaboration

Technical Skills

• Python / Flask / Django
• GraphQL / REST APIs
• MySQL / PostgreSQL / DynamoDB
• SQLAlchemy
• AWS (EC2 / S3 / RDS)
• Terraform (IaC)
• Docker / Containers
• Linux / Bash
• React / TypeScript / JavaScript
• Git / GitHub

Education & Industry Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering.
• Preferred: Master's in Computer Science, Master's in Software Engineering, MBA.
• Industry Experience: Autonomous Vehicles / Robotics, Manufacturing & Industrial Automation, Logistics & Supply Chain, Technology / Software Development, Physical Product Engineering