Software developer

About Gexcon 

Gexcon is a world-leading company in the field of safety and risk management and advanced dispersion, explosion and fire modelling. Our experience arises from detailed knowledge of explosion phenomena built up for more than 40 years of extensive research projects, carrying out safety assessments, performing accident investigations and performing physical testing at the company's dedicated facilities.

Gexcon's expertise and knowledge is recognized by many practitioners and experts in various industrial sectors, including both the conventional and green(hydrogen) energy sector.

Gexcon has been continuously developing and commercializing the 3D CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) consequence modelling software tool FLACS for the last 35 years and it has become the de facto industry standard in many applications. We recently added the EFFECTS and RISKCURVES software, originally developed by TNO in the Netherlands, to our suite of Gexcon software to expand our software offering for simulations of accidental phenomena beyond the FLACS suite.

In addition to software development, we are active globally in safety consulting (including accident investigation) and medium/large scale fire and explosion testing at our own test sites.

Gexcon has their headquarters in Bergen, Norway and has subsidiaries in Australia, China, France, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Our software is developed in our offices in Norway, the Netherlands and India. 

Gexcon's Software Development Department

GexCon is looking for committed professionals to design and implement the next-generation FLACS modules, as well as other related new software products. You will strengthen our development team for software that enable our customers to quantify, analyse and visualise consequences and risk. You will develop new pre- and post-processors that extend the application range of our computational fluid dynamics software FLACS, as well as QRA tools. This involves architectural decisions, setting up or implementing databases, web-interfaces, applications for mobile devices, etc. You work in our team using Agile methodologies. Besides producing clean and well-tested code, you contribute to documentation, support and training.

We have seen a steady growth and are looking for experienced software developers to help us expand our existing software products and add new products to our software product portfolio.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. 

Duties and responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities 

As a Software developer, you will be part of one of our Scrum teams and work work closely with the product owner on one of our new or existing products. You will work on both back-end and front-end. You will report to the manager of the software development department.

You will have the following main tasks: 

• Software development and unit testing
• Contribute to documentation, support and training.
• Follow Agile development methodologies

Qualifications

Qualifications 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or similar
• 2-5+ years of experience in (commercial) software development
• You are experienced in developing on Linux and/or Windows
• Possess excellent programming skills in C++ and Python
• Familiar with GIT, Docker, Continuous Integration frameworks.
• Familiarity with Angular and Typescript is an advantage
• Familiarity with the Qt API is an advantage, as is knowledge of 3D visualization, geometry modelling, cloud computing and mobile applications is an advantage
• You are able to create GUIs transforming complex data into an inspiring user experience 

Personal qualities

Personal Qualities 

• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills in English
• You are passionate about software development, grow with challenges and stimulate others.
  
• Ability to combine theoretical knowledge and practical application

We can offer

Our Offer 

• Challenging opportunities in an international software development team
• Competitive conditions for all employees, including attractive salary, pension scheme and welfare programs
• A positive working environment to help provide a healthy work-life balance