Software Engineer (Datacor)
About Datacor Datacor is a leading provider of software for the process manufacturing space, including ERP, CRM, Asset Tracking, Simulation, and Formulation. Their customers make products that sanitize, fertilize, clean, and recycle, and Datacor’s software helps them do it more safely and efficiently.
About the Role:
The Datacor Engineering Software Group is looking for a curious, early-career Software Engineer to join the Flow Simulation team. You’ll work on Fathom, Arrow, Impulse, and xStream, the fluid flow simulation applications engineers use to design and analyze piping systems. This is a generalist role with no skill silos: you’ll work across the whole application, from UI and application logic to data models, file formats, integrations, and build and test tooling. You’ll join a team of software engineers and mechanical and chemical engineers in a mature codebase that is being actively modernized. A structured onboarding plan and an experienced teammate will guide your first weeks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain features across all layers of Windows desktop applications, with guidance from senior engineers
- Diagnose and fix defects, including customer-reported issues escalated from Support
- Contribute to internal tooling, build automation, CI/CD pipelines, and test infrastructure
- Take part in the modernization effort, including new architecture and UI frameworks
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, and give and receive feedback in code reviews
- Share team duties such as build pipeline and bug-triage rotations
- Collaborate with engineers, QA, Product Management, and domain experts
- Use modern tools, including AI coding assistants, responsibly to keep improving your skills
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)0–2 years of professional software development experience (internships, co-ops, and substantial academic or personal projects count)
- Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language, preferably C# (VB.NET, Java, or C++ also welcome)
- Solid foundation in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
- Working knowledge of version control, including branching, commits, and merging
- Ability to write clean, readable, maintainable code
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, and the judgment to ask for help when stuck
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with the .NET ecosystem and Visual Studio
- Exposure to UI development, desktop (WPF, WinForms) or web
- Experience writing unit tests or working with automated testing
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or PowerShellExperience with Git, including pull requests and code reviews
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Agile practices, and tools such as Jira and Bitbucket
- Familiarity with data serialization (JSON, XML) or multi-threading
- Experience using AI coding assistants thoughtfully, including verifying the code they produce
- Interest in engineering, scientific, or simulation software
Location:
Hybrid in Colorado Springs, CO preferred; exceptional remote candidates will be considered.
Note on interviews: Datacor asks candidates not to use generative AI tools or outside assistance during live interviews unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Equal Opportunity: Datacor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.