Engineer II-Software Development

Job Description

Microchip Technology Inc. has an opening for an Engineer II–Software Development position in Houston, Texas.

In this role, the candidate will work as a full stack developer to enhance and maintain a custom, in-house test automation framework used by internal teams for validating Microchip storage products in a fast-paced, non-stop, automated test environment.

The candidate will also assist in maintaining existing infrastructure servers and network hardware and will contribute to the team’s growing AI/ML initiatives by integrating intelligent tooling and observability capabilities into the test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop frameworks and tools using PHP, Java, SQL, SvelteKit, TypeScript, and bash/shell scripting
• Design, develop, and maintain relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite) to enhance the capabilities of automated testing teams
• Work as part of a team to develop, execute, maintain, and document test infrastructure solutions and processes
• Work with multiple internal QA test teams to support and provide continuous improvement of the automated test environment
• Maintain servers and other hardware and software components that provide the infrastructure used by the automated QA test environment
• Implement and maintain observability solutions including distributed tracing, metrics collection, log aggregation, and dashboards to improve system visibility and reliability
• Support AI/ML integration efforts by contributing to tooling, pipelines, and infrastructure that enable intelligent automation within the QA organization
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs following Swagger/OpenAPI specifications to support test automation and infrastructure tooling
• Drive innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities for Microchip’s quality assurance organization

Requirements/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering plus 2.5 years of relevant industry experience
• 4+ years of proven software development and programming experience in web development languages (HTML, CSS, JSON, jQuery, SQL, PHP, Java, TypeScript, NodeJS, and Docker)
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs, including documentation using Swagger/OpenAPI specifications
• Familiarity with relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and/or SQLite
• Familiarity with UI/UX design principles and the ability to create intuitive, user-friendly interfaces for internal tooling and dashboards
• Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS and/or Azure, including core services such as compute, storage, and networking
• Good understanding of object-oriented design and programming best practices
• Strong design, analysis, and debug skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with NFS and Git configuration and administration
• Experience with Atlassian tools: Jira for project tracking and Bitbucket for source control and code review workflows
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, particularly Jenkins, for build automation and test orchestration
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools: OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and Sentry
• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and workload management
• Experience with log aggregation and visualization (ELK/EFK stack or equivalent)
• Experience with Python for scripting and automation tooling
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and the ability to support AI integration within the QA organization
• Experience with integrating web-based cloud data and storage solutions (AWS, Azure)