Software Specialist

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business. 

Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.  

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Your Role
Working on creative solutions to complex problems, with bright, motivated people make ThingWorx an interesting mix of fun and innovation.
 

Help ThingWorx continue to be a leader in the exploding Internet of Things domain by joining the product development team as a Development engineer.
You will deliver both On-Prem and SaaS product stacks built using contemporary micro-services oriented dynamically scalable technology stack deployed on Kubernetes running docker payloads.

The mission of the Development Engineer is to contribute to development of quality software that will continue to deliver world’s best of breed Industrial Internet of Things solutions to ThingWorx customers.

Thingworx is looking for Java Developers with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications.

• Participate in Agile methodologies to deliver high-quality software releases
• Participate in all phases of the software development cycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, and testing
• Collaborate with other team members and product owners in the design and implementation of product features
• Deliver software that conforms to business requirements and design specifications, meeting established target schedules
• Implement features in Java and JavaScript using the latest  development tools and practices
• Write automated tests and manual test scripts for features developed
• Be a part of the DevOps culture. This includes both Day 1 and Day 2 ops for the product.
• Work with publications team to help document features
• Learn new technology, tools, and libraries quickly
• Keep security in mind in all activities

Your Team

You will be part of a team of 3-5 engineers, plus QA and Technical Product Ownership. This team is one of many teams around the globe that make up the ThingWorx Foundation organization. Together we are responsible for all the server-side functionality of the ThingWorx IIoT Platform. Team responsibilities include developing and operationalizing micro-services-based technology stack that delivers value to customers from day 1

Your Day-to-Day

• Participate in Agile processes including daily standup meetings, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, etc.
• Engineer new features and fixes in the ThingWorx IIoT Foundation code base
• Write automated unit and integration tests, run and debug those tests
• Submit changes for review as pull requests, perform reviews and provide feedback on other engineers pull requests
• Be an active part of a Continuous Integration cultureWork with and improve on our containerization and deployment architecture

Must-Have Skills

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent software development experience.
• 2-4 years of experience in server-side programming in Java
• Experience in Object Oriented design and familiarity with common design patterns
• An unquenchable thirst and excitement for solving difficult problems
• A desire to work in a fast-paced Agile environment with geo-distributed teams
• Good understanding of principles of building performant and scalable applications
• Profound insights on Java and JEE internals (Class-loading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc.)
• Solid understanding of NodeJS, Javascript and VueJS is a plus
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
• Design and implement high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance with security
• Experience with microservice architectures or distributed systems on Azure, AWS or GCP

Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you. 

If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?

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