Lead Software Development Engineer

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At the Dunlap Institute's Long Wavelength Lab (LWLab) we build and operate novel radio telescopes to address fundamental questions in cosmology and astrophysics. The LWlab built and operates the largest such backend on the planet, as part of the CHIME telescope, performing peta-scale computation on Tbps of streaming data; This position will lead the development of these backends, coordinating and directing a team of roughly a dozen researchers and developers spread across participating institutions. The successful candidate will ensure capabilities and equipment meet or exceed requirements, are deployed on schedule, and will interface with the wider scientific collaborations to optimally align efforts to scientific outcomes.
Key responsibilities include: coordinating and overseeing software development activities between six Canadian universities and other partners; and ensuring that all components are interoperable and meet scientific and technical specifications. The incumbent also coordinates, prioritizes and oversees the project’s software milestones, feature requests and bug reports; participates in the project’s management committee; and facilitates multi-site collaboration.
Analyzing, recommending, and designing highly complex software architecture
Designing, testing, and modifying programming code
Analyzing, recommending and designing technical solutions for highly complex IT problems
Evaluating programming code to ensure it has validity, compatibility, and that it meets appropriate standards
Troubleshooting issues uncovered by testing or user feedback
Leading and planning IT projects
Serving as an expert resource to a group of professionals in the speciality

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or an equivalent combination of acceptable education and experience.
Minimum five (5) years of recent and related experience in software development and software product management for radio telescopes
Experience in managing and offering technical advice to a team of software developers
Hands-on experience with *nix environments, with a strong focus on Linux
Experience in interpreting raw data streams from radio telescopes or similar data
Experience with relational database design and maintenance
Hands-on experience in High Performance Computing ('HPC'), especially involving massively parallel applications
Advanced programming skills in Python and bash
OpenStack, AWS)
Advanced programming skills in Python and bash
Excellent software project management skills
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate and explain technical issues to non-technical users in a clear and precise manner
Assets (Nonessential):

Experience with relational database design and maintenance
upcoming CHORD), on the new CHIME/FRB Outrigger telescopes in the US, and/or South Africa’s HIRAX project

Schedule: Full-Time
Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.