Introduction to the job
ASML US, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, bring together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.
The IT Applications Engineer is responsible for the development, delivery and performance assurance of applications/software solutions. Works in close collaboration with ASML business stakeholders, incorporating user-defined needs and feedback to improve application design and/or optimize performance. Provides business areas with technical support. Generates ideas for innovation and for conveying the IT art-of-the-possible to the ASML business, inspiring - and realizing - capability step ups.
This position may require access to controlled technology, as defined in the Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require the Company to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Write and maintaining reliable code.
- Create front end and backend components.
- Identify and fixing bottlenecks and bugs in code.
- Develop and maintaining REST APIs.
- Write tests and perform end-to-end testing .
- Prepare the release plan and deploying the applications in different environments (Test, Acceptance and Production).
- Refine the features/user stories together with other developers in the team, to make sure the requirements are clear before planning a sprint.
- Participate in sprint rituals.
- Mentor and instruct junior team members.
- Capable of supporting the architect in design specifications.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in IT and/or Engineering. Master’s degree a plus, with a minimum 5 years related and proven experience in large technical software development environments.
- Shows initiative, strong analytical skills and problem-solving attitude.
- Highly motivated team player, good social skills, with a strong service/customer orientation.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Accurate, systematic approach.
- Pragmatic, practical, flexible and committed to quality.
- Ambitious and with a pro-active, initiating attitude.
- Ability to plan and set priorities.
- Ability to think practically about the impact of decisions for end-customer / user.
Skills
Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.
To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills and experience with tools used within the development environment, including:
- Ruby on Rails
- React
- Test Driven Development
- Python
- Django
- REST/GraphQL
- Containers/Docker/Kubernetes
- Agile/Scrum SW Release management process knowledge
- Experience with agile/SAFE way of work
- Ability to write clean code independently.
- Proficiency with software tools including Git, Puppet, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins.
- Good understanding of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.
- Experience in Docker, Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with TDD, BDD and testing tools (Rspec, Selenium, Cucumber etc.).
- Experience working with any RDBMS (Oracle, Mysql etc.).
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Linux OS.
- Familiar in shell scripting.
- Knowledge in monitoring tools like Splunk and automation tools like Ansible is nice to have
- Excellent communication skills in English.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated “team player” with a quality orientation and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
- Proactive, result driven, and demonstrate ownership and accountability.
- Collaborates closely with Product owner, scrum master and the team architect.
- Able to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
Other Information
- This position is located in Eindhoven and works on a hybrid schedule: at least 3 days onsite.
- Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.
Skills Tags:
Application Development, Architectural Modeling, Cloud Architectures, Communicates effectively (behavior), Cultivates innovation (behavior), Customer focus (behavior), Cybersecurity, Design, DevOps, Enterprise Solutions Architecture, Information Technology Strategies, Integrations, IT Compliance Management, Linux, Plans and aligns (behavior), Problem Analysis, Problem Solving, Programming Languages, Project Management, Quality Management, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Software Testing, Solutions Deliver
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.
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