C++ Senior Developer

Job Title : C++ Senior Developer

Location : Lake Forest, CA

Job Type : Contract

Job Description :  The Senior Software Development Engineer will be a key domain and technology contributor and will report to the Software Development Manager. This is an excellent position for someone who is currently a developer / technical leader and would like to be a part of a highly efficient and distributed software development team.

Job responsibilities for this position include (but are not limited to) the following :

Author and implement software design specifications, take ownership of product components and features. Own and maintain the various subsystems within the product.

Work with offshore development center resources if needed. Author, drive and validate design, test and cybersecurity artifacts as part of the standard development process using outsourced partners.

Provide expertise and leadership in the review and validation of all software development deliverables ranging from requirements documentation, high level / detailed design, system architecture, test plans, test designs, test automation designs, test cases and test automation suite.

Work with cross-functional product development teams (product development, product management, program management, and Delivery team) to define, refine and execute software testing to ensure delivery of high-quality product components.

Be a thought leader and a software test practice champion within the R&D organization. Push the envelope on innovation by bringing forward new test ideas and processes for improving the efficiency of our execution and validation processes.

Qualifications / Required Skills and Experience :

A BS / MS in Computer Science / Engineering. Strong technical / engineering background with the ability to analyze and solve difficult business problems in a complex domain.

Requires a minimum of 6-10 years of hands-on C++ experience building Windows Desktop Applications.

Very strong debugging, memory management skills along with strong communication skills.

2-3 years of experience in memory management and performance of Windows Desktop Applications.

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills on Windows platform (C++).

6 to 8 years of experience with software product design, development and testing for infrastructure software products.

Well versed with Lean / Agile software development and testing principles used for high quality software development.

Experience working with distributed / remote development and test resources to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software releases is desirable.

Experience working with AzureDevOps using Git or TFVC.

Good understanding and working knowledge of Unit Testing Frameworks such as MSTest, NUnit or XUnit and Mocking frameworks such as MS Fakes, Moq. NMock.

Prior experience with Wonderware System Platform / InTouch is desirable.

Highly motivated self-starter with an innovative thinking bias.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to articulate the problem and solution space to different kinds of audiences