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Role Summary

TheDevelopment Engineer II (Application, Database, and IT Collaboration)designs, builds, supports, and troubleshoots applications that integrate withindustrial platforms, operational data sources, relational databases, and supporting hardware. The role balances medium-to-high complexity software development with hands-on problem solving acrossapplications, databases, plant-floor interfaces, and endpoint or infrastructure-related issues, working closely with IT teams to resolve incidents and improve system reliability.

Core Development Responsibilities

• Design, code, debug, andmaintainapplications usingappropriate programminglanguages, frameworks, and tools

• Deliver medium to high-complexity development or automation tasks as part of a collaborative team

• Develop andmaintainSQL Server and MySQL-backed application features, including tables, views, procedures, and functions

• Design data models that support real-time operational needs as well as reporting and analytics

• Perform unit and integration testing andparticipatein peer code reviews

• Maintain and enhance existing codebases with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability

• Document program logic, development changes, testing, and corrections using established engineering practices

Database & Industrial Data Responsibilities (Embedded)

• Monitor and tune SQL Server and MySQL systems supporting industrial and enterprise workloads

• Analyze execution plans, query statistics, and data access patterns to diagnose and resolve performance issues

• Design indexing and schema strategiesappropriate forhigh-volume, append-heavy, and time-series industrial data

• Support ingestion and querying of data fromIgnition gateways, tags, historians, and event-driven datasets

• Protect production systems by preventing reporting or investigative queries from degrading operational performance

• Participate in incident response related to database latency, availability, or data integrity

Hardware Troubleshooting & IT Collaboration

• Troubleshoot application issues thatintersect withhardware, endpoints, industrial devices, or on-site infrastructure

• Work closely with IT teams on:

• Root cause analysis involving servers, workstations, industrial PCs, or connected devices

• Deployment, configuration, and support of systems that bridge applications and physical hardware

• Security, access, and compliance requirements for production and enterprise environments

• Partner with IT during incidents to restore service quickly and implement long-term corrective actions

• Coordinate changes affecting applications, databases, hardware interfaces, or plant-floor systems to minimize operational risk

Collaboration & Communication

With Application Developers

• Share best practices for application, database, and integration design

• Mentor less-experienced developers and provide constructive code review feedback

• Raise concerns early when new features mayimpactperformance, scalability, or supportability

With Automation, Operations, and IT Teams

• Translate operational and hardware-related needs into reliable software and data solutions

• Respect uptime, stability, safety, and security requirements of industrial systems

• Coordinate deployments and changes across application, database, and infrastructure boundaries

Security, Compliance, and Quality

• Ensure software and data accesscomply withorganizational security and compliance standards

• Implement and support data protection, access controls, and secure integration patterns

• Follow established software product engineering and DevOps practices, including version control and CI/CD

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative or engineering field, or equivalent experience

Experience

• 1+ year of relevant or practical software development experience

• Experience supporting production systems in operational or industrial environments

Technical Skills

• Proficiencyin at least two programming languages or software development tools

• Experience with SQL Server and MySQL in production environments

• Familiarity with data engineering concepts, DevOps, CI/CD, and version control

• Understanding of industrial data systems, hardware-integrated applications, or plant-floor technologies

• Technical writing and diagramming skills

Soft Skills

• Strong communicationand collaboration skills across engineering, IT, and operations

• Problem-solving ability for medium to high-complexity technical issues

• Initiative in proposing solutions and continuous improvement

• Ability to manage priorities and deadlines while supporting operational systems

• Leadership through mentoring and influence without authority

** Not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future **

** Not eligible for relocation assistance **