At Align Technology, we believe a great smile can transform a person’s life, so we create technology that gives people the confidence to take on whatever’s next. We revolutionized the orthodontic industry with the introduction of the Invisalign system, and we have never lost sight of that spirit of innovation. Our diverse and collaborative teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

The Sr. 3D C++ Software Engineer will contribute to critical R&D software development projects that help the company innovate the aligner technology. The engineer should have sound C++ programming background and desire to innovate. This role will be part of Align goal to deliver our clear aligners (Invisalign ®) and 3D scanners (iTero ®) to our customers. Depending on the skill and experience, this position can be altered into a more senior or junior level position.

About this opportunity

In this role, you will…

• Design and develop production quality non-interactive C++ applications / services that will be hosted in the cloud.

• Work closely with computational geometry specialists to advance and integrate 3D algorithms into these applications / services

• These services will design individually customized 3D printed dental appliance for Invisalign patients.

• Participate in ensuring production quality by enabling the quality team with testable code and automation help

• Contribute to brand new and existing components: help refine requirements, develop quality software, identify / mitigate risks and participate in production monitoring as needed.

• Develop UI tools / scripts that enable team of Bio Mechanical Engineers.

• As a part of larger Product Research and Development team: - Follow architectural, quality and regulatory guidelines for medical device software development.

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team (of Software engineers, Bio Mechanical engineers, Product management, Manufacturing experts) to take the upcoming research projects to fruition.

• Development environment: scrum, Windows with MS Visual Studio, Git, Atlassian, JIRA, Bamboo etc... 

In this role, you’ll need…

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Computer Sciences or equivalent

• 8+ years of professional / academic experience developing software in modern C++ (11-17)

• Experience with using Object Oriented concepts, STL and data structures

• Experience / education working with 3D computational geometry algorithms

• Be passionate about the code quality and good software design.

• Be willing to learn from the experts (C++ and geometry) on the team

• Flexibility to contribute to the areas of the project that need the most help.

• Desire to innovate, good problem-solving ability and critical thinking

• Working knowledge of with Git, Bitbucket

• Familiarity with Linux (CentOS), Docker containers, AWS  Desirable

• Exposure to 3D printing area

• Exposure to Software As Medical Device.