Principal Software Engineer - Windows C/C++ (US Remote)

Principal Software Engineers (Windows / C++) possess the ability to function as a leader for designing, implementing, and maintaining critical software components. Frequently have direct responsibility for product features or key technology choices and implementation. Collaborates as part of a team for the development of complex systems; including requirements analysis, concept development, and design, implementation and testing, demonstrating the flexibility of role as required.

Qualities

• Solid understanding of cloud-based platforms and microservice architecture.
• Proven track record of implementing, testing, and deploying large scale distributed systems handling millions of requests per second.
• Capability and desire to own both the design and implementation of software components and services to solve deep technical problems.
• Automate-first mentality, and in particular, tacking the challenges associated with automating deployment, monitoring, and maintaining the health of a distributed cloud platform.
• Capability to learn, adapt and execute quickly in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
  

Main Duties

• Ability to partner effectively with PM and other developers to design and implement meeting the spirit of requirements.
• Write code (product and test) to deliver against project timeline, quality, and requirements.
• Design software components (functionality, defect fixes, tests) that form part of a larger solution, in line with team objectives.
• Define test scenarios and test cases to ensure the quality of the teams' deliverables.
  

Experience and Skills

• 7+ years of experiences with C/C++
• 7+ years of experience with Windows
• Golang experience a plus
• AWS services is a plus
• Experience using and creating RESTful APIs
• Experience with big data analytics and time-series data, ElasticSearch preferred
• Experience with Kanban or Agile development methodologies
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment best practices
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Designing and writing high-quality code
• Evaluating code and design quality
• Technical problem solving and strong debugging skills
• Strong Linux or Unix systems experience