Senior Software Engineer

Welcome to Backburner Labs 

Metal to Mobile 

Some companies build software. Others build hardware. We build whatever the problem demands. 

Backburner Labs is a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy where mechanical, electrical, systems, and software engineers work together to solve complex technical challenges. From embedded systems and industrial automation to robotics, medical devices, IoT, cloud platforms, and AI-enabled applications, we help our clients build products that often don't exist yet. 

Our clients come to us when the engineering is difficult, the timeline is ambitious, and there isn't a roadmap waiting to be followed. They're looking for engineers who can create one. 

If that sounds exciting rather than intimidating, you'll probably enjoy working here. 

You'll collaborate with talented engineers across disciplines, influence technical decisions, learn new technologies, and help turn ideas on a whiteboard into products used in the real world. We move quickly, trust our engineers, and expect everyone to contribute ideas, not just code, designs, or specifications. 

If you're the kind of engineer who asks, "What's the hardest problem we're solving?" before asking, "What's the tech stack?", you'll probably feel right at home. 

Come build what doesn't exist yet. 

Quick Facts

• Founded: 2019  
• Company: ~50 people (full-time and contract employees)  
• Current location: St Paul - St Anthony Park area 
• Future location: Minneapolis - Prospect Park area (we have leased a 43,000 sq ft building) 
• Revenue: doubled every year for 5 years (more details shared later) 
• Client retention: 93% 

Backburner Labs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to become an integral part of our team! You will be responsible for creating and modifying computer application software for embedded, industrial, medical, IoT, Cloud, Linux and real-time systems. 

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate who can operate at a Senior Software Engineer level. 

You will work closely with four principal-level software engineers. Because our engineering projects are diverse and complex, you will need to be very open to learning new technologies. You are expected to bring a wealth of valuable career knowledge to bear in solving software systems engineering problems for our customers. 

Details:

• Reports to: Principal Software Engineer
• Team: ~8
• Status: Full-time employee
• Salary range: $!20,000 - $170,000
• Interview process: (~2.5 weeks):
  • Head of Talent - video call
  • Principal Software Engineer - video call
  • Panel interview and tour - in person
    • Peers
    • Leadership
  • Decision

Responsibilities: 

• Write great code 

• Analyze requirements and needs and develop software solutions 

• Work with the project manager or product owner to meet specification needs 

• Lead teams of engineers 

• Research open source technologies to find the best solution to a problem 

• Design and implement large software systems 

• Document all programming tasks and procedures 

• Perform software maintenance 

Qualifications: 

• 8+ Years of related industry experience 

• Degree in electrical, software, or computer engineering. Experience in software development or computer engineering 

• Strong proficiency with C, C++, C#, and Python 

• Experience with Rust is preferable 

• Experience with Dart (Flutter) is a plus 

• Strong understanding and proficiency with Linux 

• Experience developing GUI and parallelized high-performance software 

• FPGA and electrical experience is a plus 

• Knowledge of cloud technologies 

• Kubernetes and IAC is a plus 

• Familiarity with relational, graph, vector, and time series databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, NoSQL technologies, InfluxDB, Neo4j, pgvector. 

• Deadline and detail-oriented 

• Self-starter and excited to learn 

• Ability to work within multi-discipline engineering teams (mechanical and electrical) 

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills 

• Strong math skills a plus 

• Strong communication and documentation skills