Job Title: Senior C++ Developer
Location: USA – NYC, NY
Employment Type: Contractor

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior C++ Developer with strong expertise in designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance software systems. The ideal candidate will work on complex, large-scale applications, contribute to architecture decisions, and mentor junior developers while ensuring high code quality and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance C++ applications
• Work on system-level, backend, or performance-critical components
• Participate in architecture and design discussions
• Optimize existing code for performance, scalability, and memory usage
• Debug complex issues in multithreaded and distributed systems
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, Product, DevOps)
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers
• Ensure compliance with coding standards and best practices
• Support production issues and provide root cause analysis

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7–10 years of hands-on experience in C++ (C++11/14/17/20 preferred)
• Strong understanding of:
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Memory management and pointers
  • Multithreading and concurrency
• Experience with STL, Boost, and modern C++ libraries
• Strong debugging skills using tools like GDB, Valgrind
• Experience working on Linux/Unix environments
• Familiarity with build systems such as CMake / Make
• Knowledge of version control systems (Git)
• Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)

Good to Have / Preferred Skills

• Experience in high-performance computing, real-time systems, or low-latency systems
• Exposure to network programming, sockets, IPC
• Experience with distributed systems
• Knowledge of design patterns
• Exposure to Python or scripting languages for automation
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines