The Mission: Safe Food for Everyone!
Sample6 is making food safer by delivering two powerful tools to the food industry, Sample6 DETECT⢠and Sample6 CONTROLâ¢. Sample6 DETECT⢠is an enrichment-free, on-site, in-shift pathogen diagnostic. This transformative detection technology is paired with a powerful software suite called CONTROLâ¢. Together the two enable our customers to evolve their food safety practices from reactive to preventive!
After a recent $12.5m round of funding, Sample6 is well positioned to provide this necessary next-generation of products and services to food processors regardless of segment. Meat, seafood, dairy, produce, and dry goods processors have already partnered with Sample6 in order to integrate these revolutionary products into their plants. Join us in the drive to protect the public by making food safer!
Position: Software Architect/Team Lead
We are looking for a talented, highly motivated person to lead the development of our CONTROLsoftware application. You will report to our CEO and work in concert with our VP of Software & Customer Success to deliver a transformative product that owns the market. You will bea part of Sample6’s management team, working closely with the company’s senior executives..
Position details:
The Software Architect will be a champion for the introduction of health and safety data management into food production. He/she will take a hands-on approach and will be responsible for:
Leading an agile SW development environment that facilitates innovative software delivery while actively participating in sprint planning, backlog prioritization, daily stand-ups
Driving the SW architecture to deliver a solution that is robust and scalable, and agile enough to handle a growing list of feature/functionality requests
Guiding the design of user interfaces that are intuitive, easy to use and mindful of the target end-user’s expectation
Managing the current CONTROL development team which today is an off-shore team of developers/QA
Building a team in-house that is well balanced to meet both SW creation and support requirements
Working with Sales/Customer Success to map market requirements/competitive considerations to solution designs that strike the right balance between cutting-edge technical excellence, robustness and time-to-market requirements
Demonstrating proficiency in tracking projects, keeping them on schedule and meeting all product release requirements/deadlines
SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:
B. S degree in a technical discipline (preferably computer science) or equivalent experience
5-10 yrs. years’ software development experience, with technical development management experience
Ability to code 50%+ of the time. (Groovy, Grails, Java, Javascript/Coffeescript frameworks a plus)
Expertise in agile software development
âªProven ability in delivering on-time SW products of high quality
Take ownership of the codebase/product technologies and make it yours
Experience working with mobile devices and other hardware devices a plus.
Excellent Communication and customer-facing skills
Benefits
The people we hire form the company we become and determine the goals we can accomplish. We hire GREAT PEOPLE who are smart, ambitious, hardworking and dedicated.
In addition to providing a comfortable work environment, we offer an array of benefits which include but are not limited to the following: competitive salaries, a 401K plan, generous vacation time, equity for qualified hires, parking and commuter benefits and, most of all, an outstanding opportunity to develop your career.
