Sr. Software Engineer - Signals & Algorithm Interfaces (Python/C++) — Newton, MA
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A Day in the Life
As a Sr. Software Engineer – Signals & Algorithm Interfaces (Python/C++) you will own the production interfaces between the Affera Signals & Algorithms team's work and the rest of the Prism Mapping system. A typical week mixes collaborating with algorithm developers to bring a new algorithm into production, optimizing it for the latency, memory, and determinism the live system demands, designing the data paths that feed it in real time, and partnering with visualization and UI engineers to ensure algorithm outputs are displayed accurately on the map and in the application. You'll write algorithm code yourself when the work calls for it. You'll make architectural decisions about buffering, threading, and data contracts; mentor newer engineers on signal-domain debugging; and set the standard for how we ship algorithm-adjacent code in a regulated environment.
About the Affera Prism Mapping System
Primary Responsibilities
- Own the production interfaces between the Affera Signals & Algorithms team's work and the rest of the Prism Mapping system.
- Collaborate with algorithm developers to bring new algorithms into production, optimizing for production-level latency, memory, and determinism.
- Partner with visualization and UI engineers to ensure algorithm outputs are displayed accurately on the map and in the application.
- Own features, components, or subsystems end-to-end.
- Determine the technical approach for complex component- and subsystem-level problems with limited supervision.
- Lead development across design, implementation, integration, and support for assigned areas.
- Contribute to software architecture, design improvements, engineering practices, and development processes.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and guidance.
- Collaborate effectively across software, systems, hardware, and quality in a regulated environment.
- Communicate technical issues, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to team members and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
- OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
- OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong experience with real-time or near-real-time signal/data pipelines.
- Working knowledge of DSP fundamentals as applied to biomedical, sensor, or telemetry signals.
- Experience productionizing research or prototype code into reliable, testable production systems.
- Strong Python and/or C++ expertise, with a track record of delivering production software.
- Experience building large, complex software applications or subsystems.
- Experience with Linux, networking, and multi-device or distributed systems.
- Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and automated testing.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively with ambiguity and incomplete information.
- Experience contributing to architecture, design standards, or technical direction within a team or subsystem.
- Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams in a regulated or quality-driven environment.
- Sets standards and best practices for effective use of AI development tools on the team.
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Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$124,800.00 - $187,200.00