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Synoptics Ltd

Software Engineer

Cambridge
Posted about 20 hours ago
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Synoptics Software Developer Role

Synoptics produce hardware and software for Pharmaceutical and Life Science Institutes. The small, friendly R&D team are looking for a bright and enthusiastic software developer to work on both new and existing software components. These components form the user interface layer that sits above hardware such as cameras, communicating with underlying bridge components written in C++. The user interfaces are built in C# and WPF. We work, and develop software for, a Microsoft Windows environment.

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Skills

  • Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of C# and WPF/XAML in a.NET 4.0+ environment is required.
  • Experience with image processing, camera systems, hardware control, or interfacing with COM-based components.
  • Experience working with Microsoft Visual Studio.
  • A passion and talent for developing software.
  • Able to manage own workload and meet deadlines.
  • A strong communicator with good interpersonal skills along with a good standard of written English.

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Advantageous Skills

  • Any experience with Visual C++ and ATL COM objects.
  • Knowledge and working experience of Microsoft SQL Server and Transact-SQL.
  • Knowledge and experience of using a form of source control (e.g. Git/SVN).
  • Any experience of NUnit.

Benefits

  • Company pension scheme.
  • Private health insurance.
  • Option to work 9-day fortnight with every other Friday off.
  • Option of one day working from home.
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Skills

C#
WPF
XAML
Image Processing
Camera Systems
Hardware Control
COM-Based Components
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft SQL Server
Transact-SQL
Source Control
Git
SVN
NUnit

Location

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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