Top Senior C++ Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Designs, builds, deploys, supports, and optimizes scalable full-stack web applications and APIs. Responsibilities include system architecture, frontend and backend development, SQL and PL/SQL programming, requirements analysis, software triage, technical documentation, stakeholder validation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role supports a U.S. Navy client and requires obtaining and maintaining Security+ certification and Secret clearance.

Leads and develops a software engineering team while contributing hands-on to enterprise application design, coding, testing, code reviews, production support, and technical decisions. Builds scalable solutions using C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and modern web technologies; partners with product and business stakeholders; supports Agile delivery, CI/CD, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and engineering best practices. The role also includes mentoring engineers, monitoring delivery and operational metrics, and driving continuous improvement.

Design and implement Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) and 802.11s mesh networking software for enterprise access points. Develop HMAC components, optimize throughput/latency/airtime, integrate on NXP-based Embedded Linux platforms, maintain hostapd/wpa_supplicant/mac80211, debug with packet captures, and collaborate with RF/firmware/QA teams for product releases.

Develop and integrate mission-critical software within the TAK ecosystem, including ATAK, WinTAK, MILTAK, and TAK Server. Build CoT data pipelines, low-latency APIs, sensor and intelligence data ingestion systems, CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and edge-deployed applications. Troubleshoot tactical networks and integration issues while translating defense mission requirements into scalable solutions. The role requires significant TAK ecosystem experience, multiple programming languages, security clearance, and up to 25% travel.

The Open GL Consultant will develop and maintain high-performance applications, write unit tests, and manage configurations. Requires extensive experience in Open GL and related areas.

Lead the design and implementation of applications for a UI on intelligent vending machines, overseeing development and collaborating with teams for testing and best practices.

The Software Engineer, Mobile Transports will advance Ditto's mobile transport technologies focusing on networking performance and reliability across platforms. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and optimizing mobile transport infrastructure, collaborating with teams, and monitoring system performance.

Design, develop, and optimize highly reliable, scalable backend services and APIs. Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement system-level optimizations for high-throughput environments. Build asynchronous and multithreaded systems using Rust or C++, deploy production software on Linux, and collaborate cross-functionally on complex technical challenges. Experience with trading systems, databases, and financial or security-constrained systems is advantageous.

Develop and maintain embedded flight software for aircraft flight control, navigation, communication, and avionics systems. Collaborate with hardware and systems engineers on integration, requirements, design, testing, simulations, debugging, and safety-critical software documentation. Participate in code and design reviews while ensuring performance, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Define and document the mobile application technical architecture, translate functional and non-functional requirements into enterprise-scale designs, evaluate technologies, enforce patterns/standards, and engage with customers and offshore teams to deliver mobile solutions across responsive web, hybrid, and native approaches.

The Senior Software Engineer will develop embedded software for high-performance networking, collaborate with teams on development activities, and deliver technical documentation.

The Technical Lead will architect and implement systems for data processing and testing workflows in the autonomous vehicle development space, optimize software engineering practices, and guide a team of engineers.

Build simulation and planning systems for complex communications networks. Develop tools that model hypothetical scenarios, vary configurations and assumptions, compare outcomes, surface tradeoffs, and identify risks. Design scalable, reliable backend systems for complex, evolving network states while collaborating across product engineering to integrate capabilities into broader workflows. Responsibilities span system design, implementation, testing, debugging, and operational support.

Develop and maintain scalable gameplay systems focused on enemy, boss, and ally behaviors for AAA games. Collaborate with content and engineering teams, architect flexible features, optimize performance, review code, mentor junior programmers, estimate work, and drive architecture development for enemy behavior systems.

Design, develop, and validate functionally safe software for robotic perception systems. Build safety-critical architecture across Linux and real-time operating systems, create testing and validation frameworks for edge cases, collaborate with machine learning, hardware, and core software teams, and mentor junior engineers on safety-critical coding practices.

Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput distributed database kernels for massively parallel analytics. Responsibilities include architecture, modern C++ development, MPI/OpenMP query execution, SIMD and hardware optimization, distributed networking, database internals, in-database machine learning, vector indexing, performance tuning, code reviews, mentoring, and resolving scalability issues across large-scale clustered systems.

Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput distributed database kernels for massively parallel analytics. Responsibilities include query execution, columnar storage, transaction management, cluster coordination, hardware-aware optimization, SIMD vectorization, RDMA networking, in-database machine learning, vector indexing, performance tuning, architecture reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and resolving scalability issues.

Develop and maintain scalable gameplay and game systems for a first-person VR flight simulation in Unreal Engine 5. Responsibilities include gameplay, interactions, animation, physics, UI, C++, Blueprint scripting, asset and content-pipeline integration, debugging, profiling, optimization, and technical leadership. Collaborate with designers, artists, technical artists, and production teams while mentoring engineers and supporting architectural and development decisions.

Own and evolve Voltus’s infrastructure platform, including Kubernetes and Nomad workloads, AWS architecture, identity and secrets, stateful systems, observability, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and developer tooling. Lead business-critical migrations with minimal downtime, establish reliable deployment and rollback practices, mentor engineers, participate in on-call, and build secure infrastructure supporting AI-assisted development.

Develop and modernize enterprise applications using C#/.NET and PostgreSQL, including refactoring a Microsoft Access/VBA application. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, participating in code reviews, testing, documentation, deployment, and collaborating with the software development team in a fully remote environment.

Leads systems engineering for regulated, embedded electro-mechanical medical devices. Responsibilities include requirements engineering, system architecture, risk management, integration, verification and validation, technical reviews, cross-functional design resolution, and regulatory documentation for FDA and EU submissions. The role provides technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, software, and quality teams while evaluating system alternatives, managing product documentation, and mitigating technical risks.

Develop and optimize path planning, trajectory generation, and motion controllers for heavy-payload autonomous mobile robots. Integrate localization and perception, validate sim-to-real behavior, implement obstacle avoidance and safety behaviors, analyze field telemetry, and collaborate across hardware, perception, and cloud teams to deploy reliable navigation in production.

Own the hardware-software interface for production robotic platforms: develop sensor and actuator drivers, manage communication buses and Linux configurations, integrate new hardware, monitor system health, build edge/cloud device management, and support field-deployed robots through diagnostics and validation.

Own and ship the perception stack for autonomous mobile robots, integrating LiDAR, cameras, IMUs and other sensors. Design detection, segmentation, localization, mapping, and sensor-fusion pipelines; build datasets and CI/CD for perception models; debug deployed systems on-site; collaborate with navigation, controls, and hardware teams to deliver reliable production performance in real freight facilities.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable web and backend applications, public REST APIs, automated testing frameworks, and cloud-native services. Improve scalability, stability, monitoring, auto-scaling, CI/CD, security, and reliability. Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, document root causes and operational procedures, and collaborate with distributed engineering teams to deliver fleet-management platforms.