Software Engineer- Early Career

First Mode is a carbon reduction company developing creative, clean energy solutions for heavy industry’s toughest problems.

We hope you’ll join us in building a brighter future for people and planet.

First Mode is seeking to add members to its software engineering teams who have strong capabilities for working problems within a constrained, fast-paced environment. Working in a small team of engineers, you will help build the software that drives our product development, leveraging modern tools, techniques, and best practices to craft solutions to real-world problems. Our software projects span a wide spectrum from embedded systems to large-scale distributed computing, but usually involve interaction with a physical system. You will work alongside – and learn from– engineers of mixed disciplines as you think outside the boundaries of your own code to make a major impact on the systems we design and implement.

Position Responsibilities

We need software engineers who:

• Are excited by researching and teaching themselves new technologies and skills
• Are willing to travel within the U.S. and internationally to represent First Mode to its customers, vendors, and partners
• Can collaborate with hardware engineers in development, integration, and debug of prototype hardware
• Have gleaned insights from interesting projects (school, personal, or professional) and can tell a great story about the lessons they learned
• Are driven to deliver high quality, working software
• Love to learn how things work, and understand how software can interact with the physical world as part of a system
• Work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment
• Represent software as a stakeholder within a multi-disciplinary team, from system formulation through design, build and test

Basic Qualifications

• A knack for thinking about how the parts of a system work together
• Flexibility and responsiveness in a fast-paced, dynamic, small team environment
• Ability to write and speak clearly about technical subject matter
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering or science major; or equivalent professional experience.
• 1+ years of experience in a scripting language such as Python or Tcl and system shell languages such as Bash. (internship and extracurricular experience is applicable)
• 1+ years of experience working in embedded C/C++ and/or assembly. (internship and extracurricular experience is applicable)

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experienced one or more complete product life cycles (internship and extracurricular experience is applicable)
• Experience working with embedded hardware and basic lab equipment (power supplies, etc.)
• Experience with the development and execution of software test plans
• Possess a diverse experience base, with comprehension of low and high-level software
• A knack for thinking about how the parts of a system work together
• Experience with automated test infrastructure
• Experience with software quality metrics (path coverage, static analysis, etc.
• Experience with software configuration management tools/methods

Location

• This position will be located at First Mode’s headquarters in Seattle, WA and will be required to work in office >60% of working hours

TOTAL REWARDS

Base Salary Range: $105,400 - $133,300

Benefits & Perks

• Annual bonus incentive
• Commuter benefits (parking & public transportation)
• Equity-based awards
• 100% employer-paid health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• A culture that encourages professional growth with learning and development reimbursements
• Open and collaborative workspace with free office snacks and lunches
• 401(k) retirement account with a 3% employer contribution from the start of employment
• Flexible PTO with 12 weeks of supplementary paid parental leave
• Hybrid work model

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First Mode is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with First Mode is governed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.