Senior Software Engineer

Position: Sr. Software Engineer

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

We are seeking for a team player with solid technical skills to work with our team of smart, creative, and dedicated engineering team-members. This position is based out of our Herndon, VA location with the option of a remote work schedule.

This is a mid-level position for a Software Engineer. We value creative problem solving, logical thinking, enthusiasm, and the ability to learn quickly. Candidates must have a strong technical background and be capable of coming up to speed on new technologies quickly. Good communication skills, great problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both individually and collaboratively in a team environment are required. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with the smartest team and the very latest technologies, then this is the job for you!

This is a cross-functional engineering position, developing software for our satellite products on Linux platforms. The language for most of the software development for this position is C++.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test and integrate Client software written in C++ from requirements to production and commercial deployment
• Act as a member of an Agile scrum team
• Assist with estimation of time and effort required to implement new requirements
• Participate in code reviews and improve software quality
• Interface and work with cross-functional teams to successfully implement feature dependencies
• Effectively employ innovative problem-solving techniques
• Integrate and validate new product designs

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software development
• Programming experience with C/C++ and object-oriented design
• Experience developing and debugging software in a Linux environment
• Familiarity with software configuration management, defect tracking tools, and peer review
• Object and Component Oriented Designs
• Transmission security and cryptographic techniques
• Strong documentation and writing skills

Additional experience in the following areas is a plus

• Familiarity with developing multi-threaded software applications
• Knowledge of communications and/or networking protocols, TCP/IP, UDP, IPv6, etc.
• Experience with cross-functional (hardware/firmware/software) development and verification
• Experience in shell scripting using Perl, Lua, or Python
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Familiarity with Rust, Docker, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Conan, CMake, C++11
• Working knowledge of GCC, grep/awk/sed command line tools, bash scripting, GDB debugger, system suite
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket, SharePoint, Jenkins and Artifactory

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software, Systems, Mathematics, or related technical field.