Principal Software Developer

TITLE: Principal Software Developer

LOCATION: Bellevue WA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue Washington. At its core the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human 2006 TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPowers mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result the companys activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power hybrid energy and medical applications all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition as a federal contractor TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit hire and promote women minorities disabled persons and veterans.

Principal Software Developer

Were looking for a highly skilled full stack developer to help build and maintain of our primary data management application called Atom. This tool is a key part of our plan to improve the worlds ability to deliver data-heavy nuclear power construction projects on time and budget. It contains a nuclear reactor project-specific data model linking the 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 tools 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 developer team is relatively small: only 5 people. Were 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. TerraPower is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include:

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 developers

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 reactor designers to use the software system

Provide mentoring to other developers

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.

Minimum Qualifications:

8 years of relevant experience on web application development

Expert-level programming skills in Python and JavaScript

5 years in-depth experience and expertise with Django and DRF

5 years in-depth experience with least one JavaScript framework like Vue3

5 years regularly writing software tests

Expert capabilities with software development tools including git IDEs profilers debuggers test frameworks packaging tools

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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

Good understanding of software quality assurance and the software development life cycle

Ability to provide and receive professional feedback

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree in computer science applied mathematics or similar

Expertise building and maintaining Linux application and database servers

Expertise in configuring and maintaining Continuous Integration systems

Strong expertise in Vue3 and Quasar specifically

Expertise with celery

Expertise with Cypress

Experience with major industrial construction projects

Experience working in NQA-1 environments

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

TerraPowers technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees refugees or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPowers export control reviews you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national asylee refugee or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

Job details

Salary Range Level 12: $169922 - $235464

Salary Range Level 13: $194197 - $279158

Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individuals qualifications and experience. This range is specific to Washington State.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Competitive Compensation

Salary eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits

Medical

Vision

Dental

Life

Life and Disability

Gender Affirmation Benefits

Parental Leave

401k Plan

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

21 days of annually accrued PTO

Generous Holiday Schedule

10 paid holidays

Relocation Assistance

Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

Flexible Work Schedule

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