The successful candidate will be part of an agile software development team working on a Laboratory Information System (LIS). We believe in using the latest technologies and platforms to create world class products for the future.

About you:

You are someone who seeks a challenge and have an excellent work ethic. You are personally driven to meet objectives with a strong focus on quality and delivery. You are an enthusiastic team player and are comfortable assisting with technical investigations alongside your peers. You enjoy what you do, and you should contribute to constant improvement initiatives whether they be refactoring code or suggesting ways to improve a product.

Primary role and responsibilities:

- Provide innovative, maintainable and scalable solutions to complex technical problems

- Assist the development team with rapid prototyping and critical investigations

- Acquire knowledge of working practices of a pathology laboratory

- Develop an in-depth understanding of our LIS software

- Develop software design documentation

- Provide technical support to internal and external customers

- Build working relationships with other key departments

- Occasional travel to other offices and customer sites in Australia and North America

Essential Knowledge & Skills:

- Experience in using C development toolchains, including the GCC and Make

- Experience using Linux/Unix

- Experience of relational databases e.g. Oracle or PostgreSQL databases

- Experience of web technologies such as:

- Angular 5 and Node.js (Javascript)

- HTML5

- CSS Stylesheets

- A good understanding of software testing methodologies and development best practices.

- Experience in Agile development team (Scrum or Kanban).

Desirable Knowledge & Skills:

- C/C++ development experience in a production environment

- Experience of development in Linux/Unix

- Experience using the googletest unit testing/mocking framework.

- Experience with C/C++ debugging tools such as GDB.

- Have participated in agile routines e.g. daily stand ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, demonstrations

- Permanent full-time position located in Lisburn, N. Ireland.