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Want to solve problems in an industry considered to be one of the most complex in the world?

PEER Group’s Engineering Services Team has an opportunity for a Software Developer looking to apply their expertise to the development of best-in-class software applications for the semiconductor industry. Reporting to the Software Development Manager, you will be a key contributor on a high- performance team solving sophisticated factory and tool automation challenges. This is a currently hybrid role requiring 50 per cent of the workweek spent in-office.

As a Software Developer, your key responsibility will be implementing responsive, future-proof, and reusable object-oriented programming solutions using C# on .NET, SQL, WPF/Blazor, and WCF/gRPC. You will work closely with the semiconductor industry’s leading factories and tool makers to design, develop, and integrate applications that play a critical role in the manufacturing of microchips. Challenges you will face include multitiered architectures and multithreading that are inherent with the scale and complexity of the systems we work on.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mentor team members in areas such as design, estimation, coding practices, and customer interaction.
• Travel to customer sites as required for service or training.
• Engage with customers and work with your team to capture requirements and design, develop, and code using object-oriented design patterns, followed by the integration of applications into customer systems.
• Create production-quality server applications that employ C# on .NET; backends built with SQL; frontends built with WPF/Blazor; and communications provided by WCF/gRPC and web services.
• Employ effective time and project management in owning your project deliverables, working with customers, and helping your team.
• Troubleshoot customer issues by employing your code sleuthing tactics to discover root causes.
• Contribute during sprint planning and daily stand-ups.
• Assess the impact of proposed solutions across both the stack and external systems to ensure a successful integration.
• Employ low-level software, like device drivers, to communicate with various tools and hardware components.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Post-secondary education in a technical field (Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Software Programming Diploma, or similar).
• WPF using the MVVM pattern.
• Easy command of Azure DevOps Server, Git, or other version control and application lifecycle management software.
• Upon hire, excited and ready to travel within North America, Europe, and Asia as required by assignment.
• Working understanding of web development technologies.
• Track record of solving asynchronous threading or advanced scheduling problems.
• Mentoring team members to influence their growth into high-performing professionals.
• 4+ years of working experience in software design with a demonstrated ability to learn new technologies.
• Blazor, gRPC, .NET Core.
• Object-oriented programming expertise with C# on .NET.
• Accustomed to working with WCF/gRPC or web services.
• Honing time estimation process proven by a record of delivering code on time, on or before critical customer or product release dates.
• Special knowledge of discrete automation with robots, writing device drivers, or working with manufacturing execution systems (MES).
• Proven experience with designing and deploying production code for line of business or ERP applications and a high level of competency and passion for multi-tier architecture complexity.

How to Apply

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We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only those chosen to advance in the recruitment process will be contacted.

To learn more about our application process and other opportunities at PEER Group, please visit: peergroup.com/careers/job-opportunities.

PEER Group is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on ability, qualifications, and performance. We welcome inquiries from everyone and celebrate diversity in our workplace. We embrace our differences in age, ancestry, citizenship, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, family status, marital status, disability, record of offences, sex, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation.

If you require accommodation in completing the application process, please email [email protected] or call People & Culture (P&C) at 519-749-9554. If you are contacted regarding this position, please advise P&C of accommodation measures you require during the interview process. We will address these matters with respect and confidentiality.

No agencies please.

About the PEER Group Culture

As a group, we are focused on creating customer success while working in a supportive atmosphere. Being a part of the PEER Group community means that we:

• Value giving back. We support our community through frequent fundraisers, with company charitable matching, and encourage our employees to give back where and as they are able.
• Enjoy coming to work each day - the people we work with, the work we do, and the flex hours.
• Focus on your long-term development, with more than 25% of current employees having continued their careers at PEER Group for 10 years (or more)!
• Value excellence, promote from within, and strive to not only do our best, but to be our best.
• We genuinely care about each other, and it shows by how we support each other in both the work we do and in how we hold space for and support each person in realizing their potential.
• Love that we are encouraged to be curious, to learn, and to apply our knowledge and skills to solve hard problems and to contribute in meaningful ways, big or small.
• Want every employee to succeed and are committed to providing opportunities to do so, along with providing regular and ongoing feedback, mentorship, training, and individual development plans.
• Are recognized as global experts in what we do, and constantly work to get even better.

About PEER Group

PEER Group® is the largest global supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry. Since 1992, our solutions have helped the world’s most advanced OEMs and factories reduce time to market and lower costs by solving their equipment automation, data management, and process control problems. An award-winning company, PEER Group has been named a Best Workplace by Great Place to Work Canada 11 times, and most recently was one of six recipients of Intel’s 2022 EPIC Outstanding Supplier Award, which recognizes the absolute top performers in the Intel supply chain.

PEER Group is headquartered in Kitchener, ON, Canada and has offices in Toronto and Dresden, Germany.