Aspen Technology

Principal Software Developer

Aspen Technology$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
  • 8-12 years of experience in software development/testing
  • Fluency in French (A1) and English (C1) for international collaboration
  • Experience with test automation and performance testing tools
  • Proficiency in programming/scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or C#

Responsibilities

  • Actively engage with team members in a scaled Agile environment
  • Refine strategic requirements into actionable user stories
  • Create and execute both manual and automated tests
  • Develop Unit, Integration, End-to-End, and Performance tests
  • Lead the automation strategy across various testing layers
  • Act as a technical authority for automated testing initiatives
  • Maintain and execute performance scalability and stress tests

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly expanding organization
  • Collaboration with a diverse team across various disciplines
  • Contributions will have a visible impact on product success
  • Agile development environment fostering innovation and improvement
  • Focus on best practices in security and compliance
Full Job Description
The Role
AspenTech is looking for a talented and experienced Developer with Quality background to join our Enterprise Operations Platform (EOP) organization. In this role, you will be responsible for functional and nonfunctional testing (Performance and Automation testing) of cloud-native products deployed in hyperscalers and on-prem nodes. You will gather functional requirements, information, and data to proactively drive best practices from a quality perspective into the product while collaborating with our front-end and backend software developers and Product Management.
As part of the EOP team, you will be a member of an Agile development team responsible for the delivery of next-generation industrial software solutions. These solutions will provide a software-defined, data-centric, flexible platform which enables automation for AspenTech's diverse customer base.
This role's contributions have highly visible impacts on the success and scalability of our software offerings to our customers. Our organization and product are positioned in the market to grow at a rapid pace over the next decade with varied opportunities for career growth.

Your Impact
  • Actively participate with team members as part of a scaled Agile organization.
  • Take high level strategic requirements and work with a team to refine them into actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.
  • Deliver a high-quality product by creating manual and automated tests including test environments, installations, upgrades and configuration in accordance with technical specifications.
  • Develop and perform Unit, Integration, End to End and Performance testing within an iterative agile environment.
  • Drive and shape the test automation strategy across API, UI, system, and integration layers, balancing hands-on contribution with technical leadership.
  • Act as a technical authority for automated testing, guiding design decisions, best practices, and test architecture across teams.
  • Maintain and execute performance scalability and stress testing.
  • Contribute to a culture of accountability and collaboration across a variety of support, development, security, and product teams.
  • Continually demonstrate adherence to security best practices and compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills as a participant in a variety of Agile ceremonies.


What You'll Need
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 8-12 years of experience in software development or in software testing.
  • Language requirement:
  • French: A1 (advanced).
  • English level C1 (advanced), the position requires interactions with international clients
  • Working experience with test automation, performance, databases, and test tools.
  • Advanced knowledge of at least one modern operating system.
  • You demonstrate strong proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages.
  • Practical, working experience with some of the following:
  • Automated testing frameworks: Playwright.
  • Databases: MongoDB, Postgres, MSSQL.
  • Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Python, Lua.
  • JavaScript Frameworks: Angular, React.
  • Continuous Integration: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions.
  • Cloud: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform.
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux.
  • Observability and Monitoring: OpenTelemetry
  • Identity and access management: OAuth 2.0, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Data platforms and integrations: Inmation, Aveva PI Connect, Microsoft Fabric
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, services, architecture, and container orchestration.
  • Familiarity with concepts such as networks, databases, servers, communications, and information security.
  • Experience with Agile development frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum.
  • Strong personal project management skills; able to be self-directed and capable of working effectively in an environment with a high degree of change.
  • Strong technical leadership skills with a willingness to coach and mentor team members.
  • Strong object-oriented design and debugging skills.
  • Willingness to contribute ideas and solutions while honoring and supporting the ideas of others.
  • Passionate about finding creative solutions to problems, and pride in well-crafted code.

About Aspen Technology

Aspen Technology, Inc., known as AspenTech, is a provider of software and services for the process industries headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. AspenTech has 35 offices around the world, on all continents.
Learn more about Aspen Technology
Size
1,897 employees
Market Cap
$13.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$306.9 million
Founded
1981
5 Year Trend
-3.9%
Revenue
$688.5 million
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