Staff Backend Engineer

Renesas Electronics

full-time lead Cambridge, United Kingdom · More jobs in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Job Description

Why Altium Platform?

Altium technology helps to improve the lives of millions by empowering anyone to turn concepts into reality. Altium’s unique position in the EDA industry, through supply, design and manufacturing, gives a unique opportunity for customers to connect with the EDA space. The Altium Platform is the foundational rock on top of which is built products and solutions which transform the electronics industry by connecting people, processes and data. Altium’s Platform allows partners and the wider electronics ecosystem to develop in an unprecedented way, driving a new era of automation and intelligence for the electronics industry in a way no other platform can.

About the Role

Customer adoption is critical to the success of the Platform. A key focus of the Staff Software Engineer is on the design, implementation and maintenance of the federated Platform API, the gateway service, the applications through which API consumers interact and processes and standards surrounding the Platform API. The API team holds responsibility for the API, the Applications framework which sits on top, business intelligence analytics reporting and for a new Development Center which will fully detail the capabilities of the Platform’s APIs, SDKs, Connectors and MCP servers along with how to easily access them, allowing users and AI clients to adapt, automate and configure Altium products and services.

The successful candidate should expect deep and interesting technical challenges, high autonomy, a supportive and collaborative working environment, as well as opportunities to influence the Platform’s direction. Working closely with other technical and non-technical teams, you will be responsible for helping deliver a world-class solution, supporting all those who interact with the Platform. You will take ownership of outcomes ensuring the successful adoption and growth of the Platform as we and our partners build next-level systems to realize cutting edge products and services. You will represent Altium’s Platform to internal and external stakeholders working for the most influential technology companies in the world.

A Day in the Life of Our Staff Software Engineer

• Build, extend and maintain the API, including SDKs, MCP servers and API clients.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable services using C#, Python, Golang and other languages and related technology.
• Update and integrate web services with other Altium and third-party systems.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including backend and frontend developers, data platform engineers, and DevOps engineers, to ensure smooth integration and deployment of API and related services.
• Help customers adopt the Platform through the API, SDKs and tools and processes Altium provides.
• Support customer enquiries, enhancements and bug reports in relevant areas.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of coding standards and best practices.
• Participate in team ceremonies and meetings and fully contribute to the best of your ability.
• Bring value to Altium through supporting Platform adoption partnerships.
• Bring value to customers through accessing Platform and customer data and services enabling automation.