Principal Software Engineer (Java)

A Moving Experience.

Your Impact:

• Participate in the technical aspects of the Studio software solution through the full life-cycle of the development including requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance, training and support
• Design and develop new features and key software modules of the software solution
• Share the ownership of one or more major software components
• Write Java and/or Python code and unit tests to implement the solution
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure high quality end products.
• Advocating and adhering to the software development's best practices
• Participate in daily scrums, plus sprint planning/review/retro meetings and grooming sessions
• Collaborate with the Dev Ops team to deploy production loads to private or public clouds
• We think everyone should be close to our clients’ needs & challenges. It makes us better team members.
• Perform tasks related to securing and keeping the products, tools, and processes that you are responsible for securing

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• Overall 8+ year of experience with 5+ years o with Java or Python or Typescript/NodeJS or equivalent
• Good experience in OO design and design patterns
• Experience building and shipping professional software
• Demonstrated ability to focus on and complete tasks on time
• Being a strong team player
• Show flexibility under changing conditions
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems quickly and creatively
• An insatiable desire to learn new technologies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self-starting, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient
• Knowledge about CICD practice, e.g. code organization (code, unitary test or integration test, mocking practice)
• Experience developing scalable, standards-compliant, reusable, quality code, unit-testing and setting the standard for the rest of the team.
• Good knowledge of the Agile process
• Knowledge of software version control management (e.g. git) and continuous integration practices (e.g. Bamboo, Jenkins)Knowledge of web back-end framework, open-standard format and protocols e.g. Json, XML, http, RESTful\;Practical knowledge of databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL)Familiarity with microservices and its "container ecosystem" (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
• Familiarity with infrastructure deployment / configuration tools (K8s, Envoy, Terraform, etc.) and knowledge about Azure, eventually GCP, less eventually AWS or Alibaba.

What we offer

We offer a generous compensation and benefits package (in addition to the base salary), including:

• Annual bonus opportunity

• Insurance coverage (medical, life, and disability)

• Paid time off

• Paid holidays

• Company contribution to the RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan)

• Equity awards for certain positions and levels

• Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on the position.

• All compensation and benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying plans or programs, as applicable, and may be amended, terminated, or replaced from time to time.

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers – from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC – to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.  

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

All prospective and current Employees need to remain vigilant when it comes to executing security policies in the workplace. This includes:

- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.

- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).

- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.