Top C++ Jobs in Houston, TX

As a Software Engineer at Citadel, you will build systems for investments, collaborate with researchers, and tackle complex problems.

Develop high-performance research platforms and tools that bring trading strategies to life. Work in small teams to design, build, and deploy resilient systems using distributed computing, NLP, and machine learning to solve large-data problems in finance.

As a Staff Gameplay Engineer, you will lead the architectural direction for gameplay systems, enhance feature delivery, collaborate across teams, optimize systems using Godot, GDScript, and C++, and mentor junior engineers.

The Game Play Engineer will develop and implement gameplay systems in AtomEngine, optimizing for performance while collaborating with designers and QA teams to enhance player experience.

Design and implement secure, scalable backend services for voice agents, integrate AI models and telephony, improve inference, debug concurrent systems, and collaborate with Product to deliver features end-to-end.

Lead the design and implementation of backend services for data cataloging and ML training systems, focusing on performance and scalability.

Design and implement secure, scalable backend services for speech inference and audio processing. Optimize networking, transcoding, latency, memory, and distributed compute orchestration. Measure and improve system performance, debug complex networking/scheduling/HPC issues, customize services for customers, and partner with Product to deliver features end-to-end.

Lead and grow a small software engineering team building MongoDB's distributed query engine. Mentor engineers, contribute code, guide architecture and feature design, remove blockers, coordinate dependencies, plan hiring and resources, estimate delivery timelines, and set team culture to deliver new query features and performance improvements.

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.

Design, build, and maintain complex Salesforce solutions and integrations using Apex, LWC, REST/SOAP, and middleware. Lead architecture, enforce security and SDLC standards, mentor team members, perform code reviews, document procedures, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, auditable Salesforce applications.

Join MongoDB's Query Execution team to improve the database's core execution engine, build high-performance query features, and mentor team members. You will drive roadmap initiatives and ensure production-ready code for complex analytical workloads.

Design, implement, and operate large-scale distributed storage systems ensuring data durability, availability, and performance. Build and maintain replication, erasure coding, and lifecycle systems; write high-quality Go/Rust/C++ code; participate in on-call rotations; troubleshoot production incidents; collaborate with networking, hardware, and capacity teams; lead scoped projects and drive infrastructure evolution.

Lead the edge deployment strategy for Deepgram's speech AI models, optimizing for performance on constrained hardware and collaborating with partners like Qualcomm to deliver secure solutions for defense customers.

Provide advanced technical support for large MongoDB customers across the full MongoDB ecosystem (server, drivers, Atlas, Cloud Manager). Troubleshoot performance, architecture, recovery, security and storage issues end-to-end, develop support tools, mentor new hires, and liaise with product and engineering teams. Work EST shifts with a weekend shift expectation after ramp and participate in occasional off-hours coverage or regional events.

Lead systems engineering for Hivemind-based autonomy products: define and manage requirements, develop system architectures and trade studies, coordinate hardware/software interfaces, support integration/verification/validation and testing, and identify and mitigate technical risks across the system lifecycle.

Own and maintain native C++ build systems for autonomous aircraft. Improve developer velocity by reducing build/test cycle time, integrate CI with HIL and simulation, implement monitoring and alerts, troubleshoot build/test failures, and collaborate with engineers to design and deploy DevEx/DevOps solutions.

Develop, integrate, and test high-quality embedded C/C++ avionics software for X-BAT UAVs, interfacing with sensors, firmware, autonomy systems, and GCS; design CI/HIL test systems, produce documentation, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Design and implement full‑stack, low‑latency web-based Ground Control Station and C2 systems (map-centric UIs, real-time telemetry, video streaming), lead architecture and APIs, mentor engineers, support field tests and mission deployments, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Lead design and prototyping of generative AI experiences for autonomy development; drive UX for Hivemind products; perform user research, collaborate with CTO and product leads, and deliver reference implementations and integrations across full-stack web and edge systems.

Lead and grow a team of autonomy engineers to stand up autonomy on novel platforms (space, maritime, rotorcraft), own delivery from design through fielding, write and integrate latency-sensitive autonomy code, coordinate with platform and cross-functional teams, support live tests and deployments, and evolve R&D efforts into longer-term programs.

Lead and grow a small autonomy engineering team to design, integrate, validate, and field autonomy software for launched effects. Own delivery, hiring, mentoring, technical direction, ICDs, pre-deployment validation, live test support, hardware/software debugging, and cross-team collaboration for multi-agent and air-gapped fleet deployments.

Lead and grow a 5–10 engineer autonomy integration team for V-BAT/X-BAT, owning delivery, hiring, mentoring, and technical health. Drive integration of autonomy software (mission behaviors, VTOL transitions, multi-agent coordination), collaborate tightly with aircraft, perception, and capability teams, run ICDs and field tests, and support live exercises and deployments (20–30% travel).

Design and implement high-quality C/C++ embedded avionics software for X-Bat UAVs. Lead cross-functional teams, own features from design to production, integrate firmware and autonomy systems, and develop HIL/virtualized test environments. Produce architecture and test documentation, build CI/test tools, prototype concepts, and ensure reliability, safety, and compliance for aerospace deployments.

Design, implement, and deploy safety-critical navigation and state estimation systems for aerospace platforms. Develop EKF and GNSS/INS integration, multi-sensor fusion for GPS-denied environments, FDIR and integrity monitoring, and V&V test plans. Support certification, requirements allocation, performance analysis, flight test evaluation, and provide technical leadership and mentoring.

Design, develop, and field high-performance Ground Control Station and C2 software using C++/Qt/QML and QGroundControl. Lead architecture and technical direction, mentor engineers, define APIs/ICDs, debug integration/latency issues, support field tests, implement post-mission debrief tools, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.