Senior Software Engineer

at  Planet DDS

ABOUT US:

Planet DDS is the leading provider of cloud-enabled dental software solutions serving over 10,000 practices in North America with over 60,000 users. The company delivers a complete platform of solutions for dental practices including Denticon Practice Management, Apteryx XVWeb Digital Imaging, and Legwork Patient Relationship Management. Planet DDS is committed to creating value for its dental practice clients by solving the most urgent challenges facing today’s dental practices in North America

OVERVIEW

Join a new team responsible for taking the dental industry’s market-leading SaaS product to the next level! The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, critical thinker with excellent communication skills. We’re seeking someone who can take high-level direction, gain consensus, and drive tasks to completion.
The ideal candidate for this team doesn’t shy away from learning something new or experimenting with technologies to find the right solution. A friendly, hard-working, positive, and pragmatic person with a true passion for solving problems with technology will fit in well with our dynamic team.
This is a hybrid role working 1-2 days per week in our Glasgow office.

EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years of experience in a software engineering/development role.
• Strong full-stack engineering experience with an emphasis on backend (C#).
• Track record as a strong individual contributor with experience in offering technical leadership to colleagues.
• Experience working with datasets / databases (particularly SQL Server).
• Experience working with cloud providers to build/deploy/host solutions (ideally Microsoft Azure).
• Experience in a CI/CD environment.
• Very strong collaboration skills and a confident communicator.
• Ability to engage across the company to achieve goals.
• Experience in any of the following would be a plus:
• Containerization & Orchestration.
• Event streaming.
• Decoupling components from monolithic systems.

• Bring technical leadership to a new engineering team based in our Glasgow location.
• Write high-quality, reusable, scalable and testable code following best practices within the relevant frameworks.
• A ‘quality-first’ mindset
• Mentor juniors and collaborate with colleagues.
• Participate in pair programming with other engineers.
• Contribute to and lead code reviews, design reviews, effort estimates, task breakdowns, and feature development efforts.
• Advocating best coding/testing/team practices.
• Contribute to architecture and technology roadmaps including research, prototyping, and rolling out new technologies/patterns.
• Contribute towards continuously improving the performance, scalability, and reliability of Planet DDS products.
• Learn about the latest tools and patterns consistent with your role.
• Other duties as assigned.