C++ Software Engineer

Job Description :

Job Title : C++ Software Engineer

Job Type : Contract

Duration : 6 Months

Location : Irving TX 75039 / Atlanta, GA 30308

100% Onsite role

Candidates must have experience in :

• Visual C++ on the windows platform.
• Experience MUST be recent or current and match the years of experience listed (5+) years of experience needs to be listed on resume
• Candidates must also have good experience doing unit testing as this is part of the software engineer role on this team. Framework like Google Test or CppUnit etc.
• In addition, wants to see software engineers that are very focused in this area and not part of a vast experience that includes this skill set

Position Summary & Key Areas of Responsibility :

Summary :

As a C++ Software Engineer you will be responsible for the design and development of software and automating BDD scenarios. You will interact daily with other team members to ensure that a quality product is delivered in a timely manner. You are expected to be able to own the solution to complex software problems / needs from design to delivery.

You will also :

Participate in an agile development team, implementing user stories with automated testing to verify acceptance criteria.

Participate in the design, modify, implement, and document software application changes.

Participate in analysis, design, testing, and review processes.

Should be able to come up with effective effort estimation based on requirements.

Write product specifications, designs, and technical manuals.

Evaluate third-party products and specifications.

Maintain responsibility of assigned tasks by using experience / knowledge of environment to make design / development decisions.

Provide feedback to peer performance reviews.

Educate others (technical and non-technical) on areas of expertise.

Work under the supervision of an Engineering Manager.

Provide development level support for assigned products and projects throughout the development lifecycle.

Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Key Areas of Responsibility :

Designs and implements new product features and implements modifications to existing product features to include technical documentation.

Builds and executes unit tests for new or existing application code.

Works with Customer Care team members to resolve problems with released software.

Exhibits very high personal commitment to quality, software engineering best practices, and protection of sensitive consumer information.

Attends daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, work estimates.

Provides input into and release management decisions.

Ability to drive issues to effective resolution and to find solutions to challenging, time-critical problems.

Mentors team members and conducts code and test reviews.

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in a related area (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Services, Management Information Services) or equivalent industry experience.

Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts

5+ years of C++ experience on Windows environment.

Modern C++ standard (C++ 11 and above) experience

3+ years of python experience

Experience producing technical designs for software applications.

Must exhibit good judgment in decision making.

Must excel in verbal and written communications.

Able to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Able to troubleshoot complex systems including hardware and software systems.

Test automation experience using Cucumber, Behave, Gherkin

Have a Test-First mindset

Unit Testing Framework like Google Test, cppUnit etc.

Networking, TCP / IP Socket level communications

Experience in mentoring others on SW Engineering standards and emerging best practices

Agile Development experience

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills

Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.).

Good to have :

Java, .NET

Preferred Retail experience, especially in the Convenience Store industry and Point of Sale systems

Preferred working experience on Payment Processors and payment devices

Cloud development experience

Computer HW, Networking, TCP / IP Socket level communications experience

High volume, high availability solutions

PCI compliance, secure development, and data encryption techniques

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