Software Developer (Python/Packaging/Linux)

About us

Nanoacademic Technologies Inc. is a Montréal-based scientific software company developing atomistic and quantum modeling tools since 2008. Nanoacademic’s software is used by scientists and engineers to predict the properties of materials and devices from first principles and thus enable or accelerate R&D projects at academic, governmental, and private industrial labs around the world. Nanoacademic is currently leveraging its expertise in scientific software development, materials science, and quantum physics to develop a new computer-aided design tool (QTCAD) for the emerging quantum hardware industry. As part of our ongoing growth, we are seeking a talented Software Developer with expertise in packaging software and Continuous Integration (CI) to join our team. For more information on the company and its products, please visit https://www.nanoacademic.com/.

The job

Nanoacademic is looking for a software developer to help maintain and build its software packaging infrastructure. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust software packaging solutions and implementing efficient Continuous Integration processes. Your primary focus will be on streamlining software deployment, optimizing build and release pipelines, and ensuring the smooth integration of software packages within our development and production environments. The ideal candidate will posses a high level of attention to detail and a strong desire to automate and optimize processes.

Key Responsibilities:

•Develop and maintain software packaging solutions, including creating installers, scripts, and deployment packages, to ensure efficient and reliable software distribution.

•Collaborate with other teams to gather requirements and implement processes.

•Automate the software build, packaging, testing, and deployment processes using CI tools (Github actions) and cloud resources (Google Cloud Platform).

•Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve packaging and CI issues to ensure the availability and reliability of software artifacts.

Required Skills

•Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in computer science, software engineering, or a STEM field.

•Scripting language for automation (Python preferred)

•Understanding of OS file/folder structure

•Debugging of shared library dependencies for compiled languages

•Experience with version control (Git/Github) and CI (Github actions)

Relevant Skills

•Conda/Pip packaging

•Modern C/C++/Fortran build systems (Meson/CMake)

•HPC job schedulers (Slurm)

•Docker containerization

•Linux system administration

•Experience with cloud technologies (Google Cloud platform)

•Experience with mathematical and physics software

Location

Montreal, Quebec (Remote work to be discussed)

Contract Type

Full Time

Start date

As soon as possible