Software Engineer

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $70K - $80K 💻 Software Engineering 🗓️ September 26th, 2026

Python Kubernetes Docker

Edtech.com's Summary

NC State University is hiring a Software Engineer to develop and maintain the software infrastructure for SPEED, an NSF-funded national user facility enabling autonomous robotic experimentation in chemistry and materials science. The role involves building backend services, APIs, and user-facing tools to integrate robotics, scientific instruments, data systems, and AI optimization within cloud and local environments.

Highlights

Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, experiment-submission tools, and user-facing applications for the SPEED platform.

Integrate workflow orchestration, scheduling, job queues, platform monitoring, and experiment status tracking.

Connect robotics, scientific instruments, data services, and AI/optimization tools through reliable software interfaces.

Deploy and maintain cloud and local services, containers, authentication, logging, and monitoring infrastructure.

Apply software engineering best practices including testing, version control, documentation, release management, and reliability engineering.

Support platform commissioning, user onboarding, troubleshooting, and technical demonstrations for SPEED users.

Proficiency in Python, REST API development, Git, Linux-based environments, cloud or on-premises deployment, and container technologies.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software/computer engineering, or related field with at least three years of relevant software development experience.