Job Description

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K, sick leave, employee assistance program, PTO, paid holidays, legal insurance, etc.

Seeking a motivated Python/Django software engineer to help build a configuration management application. It contains a project-specific data model linking the nuclear plant safety functions, requirements, scientific analyses, documentation, tests, and more. It acts as an integrated data ecosystem across the project to help coordinate design and construction efforts. It facilitates workflows that satisfy project procedures. This role will work closely with engineering management, QA, and the internal user base to continue to build and refine the tool’s capabilities, improve the quality pedigree, monitor and improve performance as needed, and to fix bugs as they are identified.

The tool has a Python/Django/DRF backend running on RHEL servers with a JavaScript/Vue3/Quasar frontend SPA user interface. The Software Engineering team is relatively small: around 5 people, heading up to 10. We’re looking for someone who takes pride in the craft of software development, is willing to learn and understand our somewhat obscure use case and needs, and is highly focused, driven, and self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, document, and test software based on formally defined requirements and bug reports from the in-house user base
• Design and implement refactorizations and maintenance to maximize near- and long-term productivity of users and software engineers
• Identify and prioritize tasks without them being explicitly assigned to you
• Support verification and validation efforts to prove that the codes meet specifications and are correct
• Systematically identify performance or productivity bottlenecks; design and implement solutions to eliminate them
• Perform administrative data management operations on the backend based on user and management needs
• Understand and translate new feature requests into formal software requirements
• Train and support others to use the software system
• Support software build and testing systems (like our Jenkins instance and related dashboards),
• Support server configuration and maintenance needs
• Facilitate design reviews for ongoing developments to keep review/approval process as productive as possible
• Review proposed code changes and provide detailed feedback before allowing it to go live
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements for software

Key Qualifications and Skills

• 3+ years of relevant experience on web application development
• Advanced programming skills in Python and JavaScript
• 2+ years in-depth experience and expertise with Django and DRF
• 2+ years in-depth experience with least one JavaScript framework like Vue3
• 2+ years regularly writing software tests
• Advanced capabilities with software development tools, including git, IDEs, profilers, debuggers, test frameworks, packaging tools
• Ability to focus and comfort with delivering a challenging project under evolving conditions, during rapid-paced development
• Ability and professionalism to work within the robust regulatory environment of nuclear reactor design and construction
• A strong commitment to software best practices
• Strong communication skills desired
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork
• Actual position starting level and title will be determined based on assessment of qualifications

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