Contract Sr. Frontend Engineer

TA Instruments is a world leading Scientific Instrumentation company with a focus on Material Characterization.

Our instruments are pivotal in: Electric Cars, 3D Printing, batteries, recyclable plastics, space suits, candy that melts in your mouth and not your hands, paint that goes on smooth and dries without streaks, even ensuring your French fries have the perfect crunch to them! Material Science uniquely spans the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, and manufacturing.

Our instruments and software come together to aid in accelerating the design of new materials as well as the quality of manufacturing those materials.

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Research and Development organization and contribute to the continued success of our Thermal Analysis and Rheology products.

This is a hybrid contract position (Requiring on-site for three days a week)

As a Software Engineer you will:

Research, design, develop and release/maintain: User interface, Data analysis, Instrument control software for thermal analysis, rheological, and calorimetric instruments.
• Work within a formal development process covering the full development lifecycle.
• Provide code and supporting documentation in accordance with the coding guidelines, quality processes and applicable procedures, including team's definition of done.
• Keep a pro-active attitude to ensure continuous improvement of the software quality, work process and individual skills.
• Provide contributions to the application architecture with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Develop and maintain scalable, responsive web applications using ReactJS and TypeScript.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers, back end engineers, product managers, and Test Automation team to translate requirements into technical implementations.
• Build and extend reusable component libraries and adhere to established design systems.
• Optimize application performance for fast load times and smooth user interactions.
• Participate in code reviews, sharing constructive feedback with peers.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, collaborating with the team to maintain application stability.
• Stay informed about emerging front end trends, tools, and technologies, and suggest improvements.

As a Team Member you will:

• Participate in all team meetings and ceremonies in direct collaboration with other sites, provide input and feedback, take ownership on identified improvements.
• Actively participate in learning and sharing activities either during informal or formal training and demos.
• Demonstrate continuous technical improvement.

Education:

• You have a Bachelors Degree (preferably in a science related subject or in engineering)

Experience:

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.