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C++ Software Engineer
<p>We’re hiring a <strong>C++ Software Engineer</strong> to build and maintain high‑quality, performant backend services and libraries that power core product features. You’ll work across the full SDLC—design, implementation, testing, performance tuning, and release—partnering with product and platform teams.</p><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p><ul><li>Design and implement <strong>robust, modern C++ (C++17/20)</strong> services, libraries, and APIs</li><li>Optimize for <strong>performance, memory, and reliability</strong> (profiling, benchmarking, CPU/memory analysis)</li><li>Build <strong>unit/integration tests</strong> and contribute to CI/CD pipelines</li><li>Debug complex, concurrent systems (threads, async I/O, lock‑free patterns where applicable)</li><li>Collaborate on <strong>system design</strong> (docs, diagrams, trade‑offs) and code reviews</li><li>Integrate with <strong>networking, storage, and messaging</strong> components (REST/gRPC/TCP)</li><li>Write clear documentation and support production releases (on‑call rotation optional)</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p><strong>What You’ve Done</strong></p><ul><li>3–7+ years professional <strong>C++</strong> development (C++14/17/20), STL, templates</li><li>Strong grasp of <strong>data structures, algorithms, and concurrency</strong></li><li>Experience with <strong>Linux</strong> development, build systems (CMake, Ninja), and debugging tools (gdb, valgrind, perf)</li><li>Familiarity with <strong>Git</strong>, code reviews, and modern engineering practices</li><li>Comfortable reading RFCs/docs and working from ambiguous requirements</li></ul><p><strong>Nice to Have</strong></p><ul><li>Networking (sockets, epoll/kqueue, ZeroMQ, gRPC)</li><li>Performance engineering (SIMD/Intrinsics, lock‑free queues, io_uring)</li><li>Cross‑platform dev (Windows/MSVC), <strong>C# or Python</strong> for tooling</li><li>Experience with <strong>Docker</strong>, <strong>Kubernetes</strong>, or cloud (AWS/Azure)</li><li>Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry</li></ul><p><br></p>
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  • Jacksonville, FL
  • onsite
  • Temporary
  • 0 - 0 USD / Yearly
  • <p>We’re hiring a <strong>C++ Software Engineer</strong> to build and maintain high‑quality, performant backend services and libraries that power core product features. You’ll work across the full SDLC—design, implementation, testing, performance tuning, and release—partnering with product and platform teams.</p><p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p><ul><li>Design and implement <strong>robust, modern C++ (C++17/20)</strong> services, libraries, and APIs</li><li>Optimize for <strong>performance, memory, and reliability</strong> (profiling, benchmarking, CPU/memory analysis)</li><li>Build <strong>unit/integration tests</strong> and contribute to CI/CD pipelines</li><li>Debug complex, concurrent systems (threads, async I/O, lock‑free patterns where applicable)</li><li>Collaborate on <strong>system design</strong> (docs, diagrams, trade‑offs) and code reviews</li><li>Integrate with <strong>networking, storage, and messaging</strong> components (REST/gRPC/TCP)</li><li>Write clear documentation and support production releases (on‑call rotation optional)</li></ul><p><br></p>
  • 2026-03-13T00:00:00Z

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