What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Stack Engineer position at HMS Networks?
About HMS
We shape the connected world!
HMS Networks makes the World more connected, productive and sustainable. HMS industrial communication products enable millions of machines such as robots, drives and air-conditioners to get connected to software and systems – A necessity to meet the future demands for energy efficiency and sustainability.
Position Summary
HMS Networks is seeking a skilled and innovative Software Engineer to contribute to the development of industrial automation solutions. This role is instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining software for Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), protocol converters, and industrial edge computing devices that support real-time data visualization, remote monitoring, and secure communication in industrial environments.
As part of the HMS engineering team, you will work in a collaborative, cross-functional environment to deliver scalable and reliable software solutions that meet customer needs and drive operational efficiency. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in front and backend web development, desktop application development, and cloud technologies. Knowledge of embedded systems, networking protocols, and industrial automation standards is helpful. The ideal candidate is passionate about creating intuitive and high-performance applications for critical infrastructure and manufacturing systems.
This is a unique opportunity to shape next-generation industrial connectivity and edge intelligence solutions for customers across North America and beyond.
Essential Job Functions
· Works in collaboration with software architects, developers, and hardware teams to develop elegant engineering software solutions and applications.
· Actively participate in new software development activities and troubleshooting field issues in AWS cloud-hosted and desktop software.
· Develops, tests, and documents software systems to specifications.
· Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following coding standards and best practices
· Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and debugging
· Analyze and resolve complex technical challenges
· Document technical designs, code modules, and release notes
· Contribute to performance improvements and optimization
· Exposure to Python and willingness to learn is an added advantage.
· Develops proof of concepts to explore new technologies or functionalities
· Carries out other duties as assigned as business needs require.
Minimum Requirements
- 3 years of recent experience using Java Spring Boot and Angular to build cloud applications.
- Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, multithreading.
- Exposure to network protocols, TCP/IP, and inter-process communication.
- Knowledge of AWS cloud platform and cloud-native services.
- Writing and consuming APIs and services, interfacing with 3rd party applications.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or serverless computing (AWS Lambda).
- Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems (Windows, Linux), and Networking.
- Use of Atlassian suite for documentation, work item tracking, and testing.
- Experience in Agile delivery methodologies and use of DevOps pipeline (GitLabs, AzureDevOps, etc).
- Familiarity with SQL, cloud databases and data storage solutions.
- BS degree Electrical or Computer Science; or combination of experience and education.
Preferred Technical Skills
- Practical understanding of industrial cybersecurity standards.
- Asynchronous, object-oriented development experience using Python.
- Knowledge of embedded systems or interfacing with hardware is a plus.
- C and bash shell experience in an embedded Linux environment.
- Use of AI technologies in professional applications.
- Exposure to Industrial Automation Domain (PLC integration, Protocols such as Modbus, DNP3).
Travel
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HMS Networks provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, HMS Networks complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.