C++ Software Engineer

This is a Software Engineer opportunity with a leading mobile and telecom network software vendor in the FONES Protect business unit. This business unit is responsible for providing SOA-based data and services to the mobile software on users’ handsets, enabling it to communicate with the various backend data providers and workflows as well as to a variety of telecom networks’ on-premises systems. The engineer will develop and implement high-availability distributed services and microservices, develop additional REST and other endpoints into the solution, data feeds in and out of the data warehouses and transactional data stores, as well as develop interconnecting services for interfacing with third-party data and service providers, such as Mobile Switching Centers, regulatory agency gateways, and billing/provisioning systems.  

We are looking for a great team player who is positive, self-motivated, energetic and a quick learner with commitment to quality and dedication to long-term success. A successful candidate must demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving.  

We provide a friendly work environment, access to cutting-edge technology and the ability to work on highly challenging projects that are second to none in the industry. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Develop Web Service endpoints, enabling secure and demonstrably performant data exchange with the rest of the middleware system in the cloud, on-premises as well as mobile devices in the field  

• Develop parts of the solution responsible for storing and retrieving data from the various data stores, including service buses, distributed cache systems, and RDBMS and No-SQL databases  

• Write software design specifications using modern design patterns  

• Design, implement, and write test software for both the delivered solutions and the surrounding architecture  

• Work on performance to ensure high scalability is achieved and required KPIs are met  

• Develop solutions onto a cloud or an on-premises infrastructure working with Site Reliability Engineers  

• Contribute to advancing reliability and performance of the Service Architecture, introduce new performance counters and instrumentation points, as well as work with Operations during the rest of the ALM. 

What you’ll need: 

• Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area   

• 1-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area  

• Solid Java and C++ software design skills, backed by up-to 4 years of experience  

• Experience developing software for Linux  

• Thorough understanding of algorithms, data structures and software design fundamentals, including software design patterns and practices  

• Knowledge of source control management with Git  

• Knowledge of using the recent versions of one of the following RDBMs: MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle and/or Postgres in Java  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills  

• The ability to work as part of a distributed team as well as work with multiple partners and vendors  

• Ability to resolve difficult technical problems in test as well as production environments   

Bonus Points: 

• Prior experience in the mobile software industry  

• Prior experience in telecommunication industry  

• Development experience with high-performance low-latency fault-tolerant systems  

• Fundamental knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and working experience delivering solutions using the newest versions of the HTTP protocol  

• Knowledge of TLS/mTLS and/or oAuth2  

• Knowledge of ProtoBuf and gRPC  

• Knowledge of AWS based solution creation and related experience  

• Kubernetes or Docker Deployment Experience  

• NoSQL Database experience  

• Experience using best practices for efficient and performant SQL code  

• Working knowledge of Python  

• Working knowledge of the Linux shell scripting  

• Knowledge and experience with deploying solutions in AWS  

• CI/CD knowledge