Vision Software Engineer

Targan • Raleigh, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Edge team building the software platform behind these products. You will design, build, and operate the distributed edge-to-cloud pipeline that runs on IoT devices on the production floor, ingesting high-rate sensor and controller data and reliably forwarding it to the cloud over intermittent connectivity. This is a hands-on backend-focused role spanning containerized .NET services, relational and document data stores, pub/sub messaging, and industrial protocol integration. You will own features end-to-end and collaborate closely with Controls, HMI, Manufacturing, and Field Support to ship reliable, production-grade systems to our customers.

Requirements

• Strong professional experience with C# and modern .NET building ASP.NET Core REST APIs, hosted / background services, and worker services.
• Solid database engineering skills: relational schema design, indexing, migrations, and query tuning. Comfort writing and reviewing raw SQL is expected.
• Practical experience with containerization
• Comfort with Linux as a deployment target (systemd services, log management, networking, device troubleshooting) and shell scripting.
• Proficiency with Git, pull-request workflows, and CI/CD (Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or similar), including running unit and integration tests in the pipeline.
• Strong grounding in software engineering fundamentals: automated testing, code review, refactoring, API design, and writing clear technical documentation.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production systems.
• Demonstrated experience delivering distributed backend systems in production, ideally at the edge or in an IoT / industrial context, with responsibility for reliability, observability, and on-call or field-support obligations.
• Track record of cross-functional collaboration with hardware, controls, or research teams, and of translating ambiguous product requirements into well-scoped, testable engineering work.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of Python for tooling, data analysis, and test automation (pytest); ability to move fluently between C# and Python codebases.
• Experience integrating with industrial control systems via standard fieldbus or SCADA protocols (e.g., EtherCAT, MODBUS, OPC UA, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP), or otherwise interoperating with PLCs.
• Azure cloud services: Blob Storage, IoT Hub, Container Registry, Managed Identity, and Azure DevOps. Equivalent experience on AWS or GCP is also welcome.
• Experience with Kubernetes for orchestrating containerized workloads, including deployments, services, and Helm charts; lightweight distributions such as K3s or MicroK8s at the edge are a plus.
• Experience building IoT device software - long-lived services on embedded / ARM64 hardware, remote deployment, module or fleet management, and safe over-the-air updates.
• Familiarity with columnar / analytics formats such as Parquet and downstream analytics engines (Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, DuckDB).
• Familiarity with visualization / dashboard tools (Grafana or similar) and time-series data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services in C# on modern .NET / ASP.NET Core for the edge platform - REST APIs, background workers, message handlers, telemetry aggregators, and long-running device services.
• Own the data pipeline from device ingest to cloud archive: schema design, repository / data-access layer, database migrations, partitioning and retention strategy, and durable store-and-forward upload to cloud object storage.
• Build and maintain containerized services and their deployment manifests, configuration, and orchestration.
• Integrate with industrial controllers over standard fieldbus and industrial communication protocols - designing message contracts, register maps, warning/error codes, and controls-side handshakes for coordinated operation.
• Deliver features end-to-end, from work-item breakdown through implementation, unit and integration tests, CI, code review, deployment, and field validation on live equipment.
• Contribute to architecture: write and review architecture docs, evaluate new patterns, and drive refactors that keep the codebase maintainable as the team and product line grow.
• Mentor and collaborate: raise the bar in code review, pair with junior engineers, and coordinate with Controls, HMI, DevOps, and Field Support to ship releases.
• Mentor junior software developers and provide guidance on best practices and advanced analytical techniques.
• Communicate complex data insights and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders effectively.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed