⚡️ Why Altium?
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
- Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
- More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
- We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
WHY A365 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING?
Build the cloud platform that’s transforming electronics design. Altium 365 for cloud lets design engineers communicate, collaborate, and bring their ideas to market more efficiently than any other platform in the industry. These are some of the R&D Software Engineering contributions you might make to Altium 365:
- Building new cloud-native applications and scalable infrastructure
- Utilizing AI and ML to power advanced search capabilities
- Large-scale data processing; data modeling; holistic, intent-based API design
- Stateful and stateless servers, relational databases, ORM frameworks
Altium offers the opportunity for electronics engineers to conceive and build new product features and add their own ideas to the world’s most collaborative and efficient electronics design platform.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Your primary role will be to optimize and enhance the performance of complex cloud applications within the Altium 365 - R&D team.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF OUR SYSTEMS ENGINEER:
- Lead System Optimization Efforts: Define the technical strategy for our infrastructure, ensuring resilience, scalability, and alignment with our evolving product requirements.
- Address System Improvements: Work independently or collaboratively to resolve complex system challenges, such as refining nginx configurations, optimizing system resources, or streamlining deployment processes.
- Prioritize Performance Excellence: With a focus on system efficiency, you will identify opportunities for improvement, implement solutions, and enhance responsiveness to elevate the user experience.
- Holistic Systems Perspective: You understand the broader implications of system changes, enabling informed decisions that strengthen our platform.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
- Design and architect systems with scalability, performance, and security as core considerations.
- Create comprehensive system diagrams and documentation using tools such as Miro or Figma.
- Provide technical guidance and support to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Remain current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continually improve system designs.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Systems Engineer or similar role (SRE, DevOps, etc), specifically in complex cloud based application development.
- Experience in system design and architecture principles such as:
- Microservices
- event-driven architectures
- Caching strategies
- load balancing and scaling strategies
- Database partitioning, sharding,etc..
- Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with web technologies and frameworks (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, RESTful APIs).
- Knowledge of security best practices in web application development.
- Fluency in English (verbal and written) to communicate complex ideas effectively.
- Microelectronics domain knowledge would be beneficial
- Experience with Python and/or Django applications is a plus
This role is pivotal in ensuring our systems not only function but excel, setting us apart in the market with unparalleled performance and reliability.Interview Process: During the interview, candidates will be asked to design a simple system, such as a URL shortener, using Miro or Figma. This exercise will help assess your ability to think critically about system architecture and user experience while collaborating effectively with design tools
COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND PERKS 🎉
- Comprehensive health insurance;
- Nilo.health, a mental health and wellbeing support platform;
- Generous Learning & Development budget and training days;
- Remote-friendly (you can work from home or from our cool office in Lisbon - you choose!);
- Commuting budget if you decide to come to the office;
- Home internet allowance;
- A lot of fun team activities every once in a while 🪩
The salary range for this role is {€53,000.00 - €65,000.) Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
🎯 What Matters to Us
- Big-thinking in pursuit of purpose
- Diversity of thought
- Courage of conviction
- Transparency of intent
- Ingenuity of AND
- Agility in action
- Adaptability of approach
- Grit in pursuit of mission
🌍 Also, we would like you to know
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE
✈️ Altium Benefits
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https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits
👏 Are you already an Altium employee?
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