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Senior Software Engineer (C/C++)
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About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer (C/C++) to join our growing team. You'll become part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary product development environment where engineering works closely with Product, Marketing, and Sales to transform customer and market requirements into innovative, high-performance networking solutions.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building highly performant software and taking ownership of features from design through to delivery. Working within a small, agile team, you'll have the opportunity to influence architecture, drive innovation, and deliver industry-leading software in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain complex backend software solutions, taking full ownership of features from concept through deployment.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to translate high-level requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of system software, ensuring scalability, performance, flexibility and maintainability.
- Produce realistic development estimates and deliver high-quality software within agreed timescales.
- Develop efficient, reliable and maintainable C/C++ software for Linux-based systems.
- Support testing, quality assurance and continuous improvement activities to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Mentor and support other software engineers, encouraging best practices and continuous learning.
- Participate in technical discussions, code reviews and architectural decision-making.
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Essential Requirements
- Minimum 5 years' professional software development experience.
- Minimum 2 years' experience developing software in a Linux environment using the GNU toolchain (GCC, GDB).
- Minimum 2 years' experience mentoring or supporting other software engineers.
- Strong commercial experience developing in C++ using object-oriented design principles.
- Experience with network programming.
- Experience developing multithreaded applications.
- Python programming experience.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex technical challenges.
- Strong planning and estimation skills with the ability to deliver to deadlines.
- Creative mindset with the ability to develop innovative technical solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Desirable Skills
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
- Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit).
- High-performance or real-time systems programming.
- JavaScript development.
- Docker and containerisation technologies.
- Terraform.
- AWS cloud services.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking someone who enjoys working on technically challenging products and thrives in a collaborative environment. You'll be someone who takes ownership of your work, enjoys mentoring others, and is passionate about building reliable, high-performance software.
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