Senior Software Development Engineer (C++)

Summary:

Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools. Most companies should be able to match to a specific software development engineer position. Use this position if company does not breakout software development positions such as Software Engineer (Applications) (5141-5146) or Software Engineer (Systems) (5161-5166).

Duties & Responsibilities:

 Work with your team to become best in class in quality, innovation, and time to market while creating the next generation of Viavi's Network Performance Management and Diagnostics (NPMD) platform
•  Responsible for ensuring product features are functionally correct, fully validated, and demonstrably
meet specifications
•  Apply sound engineering principles for highly maintainable and testable software
•  Develop with an eye towards high performance and data throughput
•  Solve complex problems and implement designs using C/C++
•  Actively contribute ideas for product improvements and solutions
•  Show a passion for continued learning.  Stay abreast of new technology and trends
•  Work closely with Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs) to facilitate functional software validation
•  Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio is a strong plus

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
•  5+ years of relevant work experience
•  Strong skills in C and C++, including algorithm design, data structures, and design patterns
•  A proven ability to initiate and drive forward software development in an Agile development environment
•  A solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle
•  Excellent written and verbal communications skills
•  Critical thinking and the ability to structure elegant solutions to difficult problems
•  A passion for creating, reusing and maintaining well-structured and architected solutions
•  The ability to deliver high-performance, customer-focused features
•  Experience in debugging and testing new software constructs as well as an ability to predict and prevent negative side-effects when modifying existing or legacy code.

 

Nice to have
•  Experience with data modeling and management techniques for "big data"
•  Knowledge of networking and TCP/IP
•  Experience with RESTful API creation and consumption
•  Working knowledge of multiple data formats, including XML and JSON
•  Network architectures and what impacts their performance 
•  Experience with layer 7 protocols and their inner workings