Software Engineer

TOMRA Food is a multinational organisation and a leading provider of sensor-based sorting, peeling and integrated post-harvest solution for the food industries. Transforming global food production to maximise food safety and minimise food loss by making sure Every Resource Counts™, has been our strength for over 50 years.

At TOMRA, we want people to innovate, show passion in their work and be responsible. We encourage the freedom to innovate and take risks that result in breakthroughs that challenge the status quo. We value passion that focuses and commits to meeting success. We believe in a responsible and safe mindset that takes care of our customers, products, and fellow employees.

Join the resource revolution!

As a Software Engineer (IoT Solutions), you will develop and maintain our digital platforms and Linux-based edge applications, helping deploy, monitor and manage machine-learning models across our sorting and analytics systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software components for our digital platforms and Linux-based edge systems.
• Design, build and optimise containerised applications for telemetry collection, local data processing, buffering and secure communication with cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Build and enhance data pipelines and services that process and distribute machine-generated data to digital products, analytics solutions and cloud systems.
• Support the reliable deployment, monitoring and lifecycle management of machine-learning models.
• Extend and optimise existing MLOps tooling, integrations and communication interfaces to improve performance, reliability and scalability.
• Apply secure-by-design principles, including least-privilege access, secure device identity, certificate-based authentication, encrypted communication, secrets management, vulnerability management and secure software updates.
• Perform unit and end-to-end testing to ensure software quality, robustness and maintainability.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues in collaboration with data science, digital, platform and engineering teams.
• Collaborate across functions to define data-flow requirements, operational needs and technical solutions.
• Contribute to software projects that use machine-generated data to create new digital services, performance insights and automation capabilities.
• Use modern AI-assisted software-development tools responsibly, while maintaining appropriate code review, testing, security and intellectual-property safeguards.
• Identify opportunities to improve software quality, automation and development efficiency.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for software components and operational processes.
• Support onsite deployments and cross-team collaboration, with occasional travel as required.

About You:

• 5+ years' relevant experience and a Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proficiency in C#/.NET or another modern systems/backend language, with the ability to work effectively in C#.
• Working knowledge of Python.
• Experience with Linux, OCI containers/Docker, CI/CD and software testing.
• Experience with IoT platforms and protocols such as MQTT, gRPC, OPC UA, HTTP/REST, WebSockets or AMQP.
• Knowledge of databases such as ADX, MongoDB, PostgreSQL.
• Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into prototypes and MVPs and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.
• English required for effective written and spoken communication.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-team communication skills. 
• Organised, detail-oriented, self-motivated and a team player.  
• Willingness to travel internationally to support new digital solutions and/or new applications (<10%).  

What we offer:

You will have long-term career opportunities, with a globally renowned company and the following: 

• A competitive compensation package
• Health insurance.  
• Pension scheme:
  • 2% employee contribution with 4% employer contribution,
  • 4% employee contribution with 6% employer contribution,
  • 6% employee contribution 8% employer contribution.  
• 25 days annual leave.
• Additional long service days.
• International and collaborative working environment. 
• Space and support to experiment with new technologies. 
• Social events. 
• Be part of a mission to transform how we all obtain, use, and reuse the planet’s resources to enable a world without waste. 
• Inclusive company culture that values diversity, well-being, and strong camaraderie among our teammates. 
• Professional training and development: We are passionate about people and seeing them succeed. 
• We love innovation, a collaborative environment where idea sharing and thinking outside the box is encouraged. 

TOMRA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic. Reasonable accommodations will be made and will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Salary: From €64,365 per annum.