C++ Software Engineer

*Position open only for Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

If you’re an expert level C++ engineer with experience in massively scalable server-side software and streaming media, this could be your opportunity.

Your role is to architect, design, and implement the server-side software and improvements necessary to fulfill the needs and expectations of our millions of home and small business customers. You’ll work in nonproduction development and QE environments to build and test the components, then deploy them to our production infrastructure while continuously monitoring their performance. You’ll collaborate with a team of other C++ and Java software engineers, QE engineers, program managers and product managers to deliver your solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software applications using C++/Java.

• Lead architectural discussions and contribute to system design and code reviews.

• Optimize existing codebases for performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Work with a team of other software, QE and Devops engineers to test and deploy your components to production infrastructure

• Work with extended teams of firmware, backend, and client engineering teams on end-to-end architecture, metrics and monitoring

• Work with program and product management teams to discuss your components, understand customer feedback, and define and prioritize improvements

• Stay updated with industry trends and advancements to incorporate best practices into development processes.

• Document design decisions, code changes, and technical specifications.

Required Skills:

• Degree in computer science or 10 years equivalent experience

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.

• Experience with multi-threaded and real-time systems.

• Expert level abilities in C++ STL and a penchant for clean, efficient, testable code.

• Solid knowledge of Java is a required.

• Experience with Android/iOS is nice to have.

• Strong experience in streaming video and audio technologies, including RTSP, RTP, SIP, H264, H265, HLS.

• Strong experience in core networking protocols, including HTTP, TCP, UDP, TLS.

• Strong experience with A/V components and tools such as ffmpeg, Wireshark.

• Strong knowledge of code and data security and encryption best practices.

• Strong operating skills in Linux and Bash or Python scripting.

• Strong experience developing and testing server-side code, preferably using AWS infrastructure.

• Should be able to work on multiple languages.

• A rigorous approach to analyzing and resolving complex technical problems.

• Proven experience in software design patterns and system architecture.

• Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

• Solid knowledge of AWS solutions such as S3, DynamoDB, Lambda.

• Knowledge of automated CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins or Harness.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills and coordination with peers and management.

• You need to like code reviews, continuous integration, automated and extensive testing.

• Humility, respect, and a desire to learn.