Principal Software Engineer

• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in an environment that encourages you to be creative, innovative, and to make an impact.
• Cadence’s employee-friendly policies focus on the physical and mental well-being of employees, career development, providing opportunities for learning, and celebrating success in recognition of specific needs of the employees.
• The unique “One Cadence – One Team” culture promotes collaboration within and across teams to ensure customer success
• Multiple avenues of learning and development available for employees to explore as per their specific requirement and interests
• You get to work with a diverse team of passionate, dedicated, and talented individuals who go above and beyond for our customers, our communities, and each other—every day.

• Responsible for the design and development of start-of-the-art software programs.
• Evaluating complex problems, considering relative value of several alternative solutions, and offer recommendations for a solution of choice for implementation. In addition to functional needs, ensure that the implementation builds-in design for scalability, software performance, stability, and debuggability.
• Produce clear design and functional specifications as required, communicate complex ideas, and play a lead, mentor and reviewer role – as required, for less-experienced team members and colleagues.
• Be able to work independently and efficiently, engaging with technical leaders and cross-functional team as needed.
• Writing code to specifications - analyzing software design specifications, determining architecture, programming, and integrating activities based on requirements and knowledge of overall product architecture.
• Continuously scale solutions (runtime, memory, capacity) to take care of next-generation larger designs.

• BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering

• Excellent knowledge of C/C++ (C++11 and C++14 knowledge is added advantage).
• 8-12 years of experience on design and development of complex software projects.
• Strong background on Data Structures, Algorithms, and Design Patterns.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
• Willingness to explore new technology areas, formulate problem statements and independently work on solutions.
• Familiarity with Qt (Quick Time). Knowledge and experience with EDA flows and applications would be a significant plus.

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Capable of generating and delivering project/technical presentations and reviews.
• Ability to establish a collaborative working relationship with peers and management.
• Comfortable expressing opinions, defending ideas, and actively engaging in discussions on technical issues.
• Work effectively across functions and geographies.

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