Software Engineer

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We care. We put people first and we promote individual freedom. It is why we strive to secure personal data with integrity and passion to make our customer’s everyday life more comfortable and secure.

We empower our people to grow and to learn from their experience, and in return we are rewarded with team spirit and great results.

Software Engineer

Purpose of the role

In your role as a Software Engineer you will join a small globally-dispersed team in maintaining, developing and supporting a range of comforte products used both internally and by our customers. This role is a great opportunity for a developer who has a personal interest in, or professional experience with Cryptography, and Windows/Linux or NonStop development.

Key responsibilities and tasks

• Analysis of new feature requests and implementation into products
• Analysis of software defects, design, implementation and testing of defect fixes
• Providing product expertise to the rest of the company for products maintained by the team
• Providing 2nd and 3rd level support to customers for a variety of comforte products Specification of tests for QA team to build

Professional skills and knowledge

Required

• Development skills on Linux, Windows or NonStop platform in C or C++
• Desire to learn new tools, new OS environments, skills and products

Desirable

The skills and knowledge listed below are used within the team. Knowledge that you don’t already have in these areas may be acquired as you need it for a specific product.

• Development skills in one or more of C, TAL (NonStop related), Java, C#, VB.NET and COBOL
• Experience with any of the following technologies in a development situation would be advantageous

1. TCP/IP sockets programming
2. TLS
3. REST
4. SOAP

• A strong plus is knowledge in Cryptography, particularly in OpenSSL libraries.
• git
• Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• make
• Docker
• NonStop experience with knowledge on the following topics is valuable but not required:

1. Inter-process messaging
2. Debugging tools
3. General development knowledge on the platform
4. Pathway
5. Socket programming

• Fluency in languages other than English may be valuable but not required. Comforte has a global customer base so this can be useful in your regular role and across teams where this helps.

Personal skills

Value driven professional

Humble

1. Ready to listen and to share expertise and best practice across own team
2. Open for feedback and flexibility to adapt

Ambitious

1. Taking accountability to drive results
2. Going the extra mile for great customer experience

Smart

1. Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and to set focus
2. Passionate to find pragmatic solutions and to innovate

Humane

1. Caring for other’s well-being in a remote working environment
2. Advocates diversity and fairness

• Willing to continuously learn and improve skills to keep up with technology changes
• Happy to take on a leadership role as and when circumstances require this
• Comfortable discussing technical topics directly with customers
• Open to dealing with new and old technologies
• Self-learner with an ability to work independently under minimal supervision

Qualification

• 5+ years of experience in development roles on the Linux/Windows or NonStop platform.
• Degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a pure science

Why join us

• Individual freedom – tell us what’s important for YOU!
• Culture of trust, appreciation, innovation and opportunities
• The opportunity to make a difference in an agile and fun environment
• Work with clients in various industries around the world
• The opportunity to grow continuously as our technology field is so dynamic
• Competitive compensation and benefits package including profit sharing