Principal Software Engineer Onshape - 3D Graphics

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Onshape ( www.onshape.com ), a PTC SaaS business, is developing a completely new Computer Aided Design (CAD) and design data management platform, delivered globally as SaaS, for professional mechanical designers and engineers. Think SolidWorks meets GitHub meets Google Docs. Our office is in the beautiful 121 Seaport Blvd. building in the heart of Boston’s Seaport District. We have a fantastic team of ~100 people working on the Onshape service. You will be working on a one-of-a-kind 3D collaborative CAD application with cutting edge cloud, web, and mobile technologies. Your Impact: Using your graphics expertise, you will develop Onshape’s 3D graphics engines to enable users to do their work in an efficient and intuitive way. Use your skills in programming and algorithms to scale these interactions from simple designs to complex ones with thousands of components. You can have a hand in helping Onshape’s customers bring bigger and better ideas to life. Day-To-Day:

· Design, implement and improve code related to Onshape’s graphics display, selection, and delivery of graphical data

· Tune performance of existing systems to work with larger and larger datasets

· Consult with other developers on system design and implementation

· Implement back-end services to support new graphics and modeling functionality

· Work with product definition, user experience, and quality assurance teams to refine project specs

· Participate in regular code reviews

· Fix bugs in all parts of the system

· Meet deadlines, proactively communicating status and roadblocks

· Attend regular team meetings and huddles

Necessary experience:

· 5+ years experience developing with a programmable graphics API (OpenGL 2+, DirectX, Vulkan, etc..)

· Expertise in C++ or Typescript/Javascript

· Experience with data structures and algorithms

Preferred Skills and Knowledge:

· Effective communication, comfortable working jointly on projects

· An understanding of usability concerns for user interfaces

· Self-sufficient and proactive

· Strong problem solving skills

Preferred Experience:

· Experience with back-end development using Java or C++

· Experience developing a CAD application

· Experience working in an agile environment

· Experience developing in a Mac or Linux environment

Basic Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

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