Engineer, Software

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Company at a Glance

Brother is a leading provider of home and office equipment, sewing and crafting products, and industrial solutions. With a legacy spanning over 115 years, our brand is renowned for producing award-winning printers, sewing machines, P-touch labelers, and more.

Brother International Corporation (BIC) was established in 1954, marking over 70 years of operations in the United States. Our Americas headquarters is located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. BIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Limited (BIL), which was founded in 1908 in Nagoya, Japan, and operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. Brother’s Americas presence includes subsidiaries in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

Why Work at Brother?

Brother has consistently been recognized as a best place to work, reflecting our commitment to fostering a workplace culture aligned with our core values of being inclusive, collaborative, customer centric, and socially responsible. We value work-life balance and flexibility, and as a result have introduced policies such as our hybrid office schedule, casual dress code, and flexible Fridays, which allow us to wrap up meetings for dedicated focus time or to start our weekends sooner, year-round. Our commitment to employee growth and development is demonstrated through our offering of facilitated courses and certificate programs and our investment in resources that enable self-paced learning.

The Role at a Glance

The Engineer, Software develops mobile device software solutions for Android, iOS, and Cross-Platform domains, following modern software conventions such as pure functions, interfaces, higher-order abstraction, functional design patterns, etc.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Development of Mobile Printing ApplicationsDevelop parts of all software and example code produced by the teamMaintain parts of all software for which the team is responsibleResponsible for improvements for all software for which the team is responsible
• Mobile App Development ConversantIs very comfortable with principles of software development and Mobile App Best Practices and uses knowledge to execute on related projectsWorks closely with the Senior Engineer to execute quality code based on Lead’s design
• Brother SDKs and APIs Development ConversantIs very comfortable with how Software Development Kits (SDKs) and APIs work and their best practices and uses knowledge to execute on related projectsWorks closely with the Senior Engineer to execute quality code based on Lead’s design
• Investigating and troubleshooting customer issues with a solution-oriented approachExecutes quick but thorough investigation habits that are repeatable and that produce immediate outcomes that are understandable to othersProvides software support and development assistance to our enterprise and customer software development teams, helping integrate our printers into their field solutions and resolving issues
• Knowledge transfer on a regular basis to customers and teamProvide educational support and development assistance to our enterprise and internal teamsResponsible for knowing how our products integrate into customer’s field solutionsEnsures timely delivery of succinct content in small, digestible chunksProvides relevant and explicit modeling and examples in a way that tells what is needed and leaves the rest for questions from the learnerPresents lessons learn on a regular basis to the Engineering team SDK fixes and developmentCan be called on periodically to test and investigate customer issues that are uncertain or unknown
• SDK fixes and developmentCan be called on periodically to test and investigate customer issues that are uncertain or unknown

Key Experience & Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors Degree (or equivalent experience) in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Programming

Experience

• Three or more years of experience with mobile application development
• One or more years of experience with developing and modifying SDKs and APIs - Preferred

Software/Technical Skills

• Intermediate knowledge of Xcode
• Intermediate knowledge of Android Studio
• Intermediate knowledge of Visual Studio Code
• Intermediate knowledge of Kotlin, SwiftUI, and C#

Other Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities

• Clear documentation skills
• Effective communication skills (written, verbal, interpersonal)
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships

Compensation & Schedule for This Role

This role will be a hybrid role. Subject to business needs, employees may work remotely up to two days per week. Assigned office days will be determined by managers. #LI-Hybrid

Base Salary

• The salary (or hiring) range for this position is $ 80,000 - $ 95,000 per year
• Base salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the successful candidate, as well as factors such as internal equity, cost of labor in the hiring location, and alignment with market data.
• The base salary accounts for the entirety of the on-target earnings for this role. No additional incentives or variable pay are applicable.

Benefits

• Benefits include, but are not limited to, healthcare and wellness coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and paid time off. Details are available at

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package with diverse plan options to meet your family’s needs, including health, vision, and dental insurance—all effective from day one of employment. Under our 401(k) retirement savings plan, we match up to 100% of the first 4% of employee contributions, with employer matches vesting immediately. Additionally, we offer an educational assistance program that reimburses up to 100% of tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and other related expenses for qualifying programs. To learn more, visit our benefits page:

Our Mission, Vision, & Culture

Our mission is to live our “at your side” promise to simplify and enrich the lives of our customers, employees, and communities. We aim to be where people and technology meet, providing products and solutions that enhance how people live, work, and create. We look to our strategic culture drivers - accountability, authenticity, boldness, and excellence - to enable us to consistently deliver on our vision, mission, and shared values. These drivers help us shape a culture that empowers the business to succeed. To learn more about our culture drivers and company culture, visit:

About Where We Work

Brother’s corporate headquarters for the Americas is in Bridgewater, NJ, across from the Bridgewater Commons Mall. This location houses key corporate functions, including HR, legal, finance, IT, and supply chain, and a significant presence of our business unit leadership and marketing teams. Our manufacturing and distribution facility in Bartlett, TN spans an impressive 1.5 million square feet - equivalent to 26 football fields - and is located on Brother Boulevard. In addition to the distribution center operations team, this facility hosts several other departments, including our customer service group. Brother also has employees based in other locations, such as Westminster, CO, where many of our marketing and product engineering team members from the mobile solutions division operate, as well as our distribution centers in Richmond, VA and Perris, CA. Additionally, our outside sales teams work remotely within their territories, staying geographically close to the accounts they support to ensure they are always “at your side” for our customers.

Links to Learn More

To hear more about our business and culture, visit these helpful links:

• Brother’s Product Categories:
  

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs):
  

• Corporate Social Responsibility:
  

• Work-Life and Flexibility:
  

• Growth and Development:
  

• Follow us on LinkedIn: