Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels.
Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection.
SW Software Engineer IV (C/C++)
LOCATION: Hyderabad, India
GRADE: 12
About Candescent
Candescent is a U.S.-based financial technology company that powers Intelligent Banking for banks and credit unions. The company helps financial institutions move beyond traditional digital banking by unifying data, channels, and real-time intelligence into a single, cohesive platform that delivers adaptive, human‑centered experiences across every interaction.
Position Summary
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our engineering team. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable software solutions in a complex enterprise environment. You will be part of a highly skilled and motivated Agile engineering team, contributing to the development of innovative solutions for the financial services market. This is a great opportunity to build your career in a collaborative and supportive environment, with ample opportunities to learn, grow, and benefit from mentorship by experienced professionals.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to core modules and critical components
- Lead complex technical problem solving and root cause analysis
- Support team members in resolving technical blockers
- Timely tracking of progress and manage technical risks and dependencies
- Coordinate with Clients/client-facing teams for issue resolution
- Address security vulnerabilities and audit findings
- Able to drive technical debt reduction and modernization
- Balance technical excellence with business priorities
- Able to mentor other team members as needed.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in developing and managing complex software product
- Excellent working knowledge of C, C++, Win32 programming, MFC libraries.
- Excellent understanding of windows internals such as process management, memory management and file system
- Must have working experience of multi treading & Inter Process Communication
- Comfortable and experienced in using Third party libraries and STL.
- Proficient in debugging and experience in using Windbg and/or any other debugging tools
- Good database skills and have experience of working with MS SQL/Oracle databases.
- Familiarity with .Net technologies
- Knowledge of AI tools such as Cursor.
- Experience in working in Agile environment.
Why Join Candescent
- Work on enterprise‑scale systems with real‑world impact.
- Opportunity to adopt and shape AI‑assisted software engineering practices.
- Competitive compensation with strong work‑life balance programs.
- Inclusive, diverse, and growth‑oriented culture.
Statement to Third Party Agencies
To ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in developing and managing complex software product
- Excellent working knowledge of C
- Excellent working knowledge of C++
- Win32 programming and MFC libraries
- Understanding of Windows internals (process management, memory management, file system)
- Working experience with multithreading and Inter Process Communication
- Experience using third-party libraries and STL
- Proficient in debugging and experience using WinDbg or other debugging tools
- Experience with MS SQL and Oracle databases
- Familiarity with .Net technologies
- Knowledge of AI tools such as Cursor
- Experience working in an Agile environment
Candescent Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Candescent and has not been reviewed or approved by Candescent.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies include unlimited vacation for full-time exempt staff, tenure-based accrual for non-exempt, plus floating holidays and sick leave. This breadth of time off suggests flexibility across employment classifications.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A discount program is cited that provides access to deals at over 250 retailers. This perk adds everyday savings beyond core benefits.
Candescent Insights
What We Do
Candescent brings together the transformative technologies that power and connect account opening, digital banking and branch solutions for banks and credit unions of all sizes. And we’re here to help you extend, differentiate and illuminate your digital-first banking experiences. Our industry-leading products and services, cloud architecture and on-demand developer tools give you the power to differentiate and deliver seamless customer journeys.
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