Top C++ Jobs in Houston, TX

Build and maintain large-scale automation and control systems for Azure Kubernetes Service. Responsibilities include improving Kubernetes cluster performance and reliability, automating cluster lifecycle operations, developing safety and observability tools, supporting secure infrastructure changes, participating in production operations and on-call rotations, and mentoring engineers through design reviews and continuous improvement.

Define multi-generation hardware/software architectures for AI inference silicon, including boot, memory, DMA, scheduling, security, telemetry, and host/device interfaces. Integrate firmware, Linux, runtimes, simulation, and developer tooling; lead architecture reviews; resolve cross-team technical issues; prototype high-risk interfaces; and mentor senior engineers. The role requires deep systems expertise, strong C or C++ skills, and architecture-level ownership across pre-silicon, silicon bring-up, and production software.

Own web compatibility triage and incident response across DuckDuckGo browsers on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. Debug complex web applications and third-party code, distinguish site, browser, and privacy-related issues, reverse-engineer obfuscated code, build durable cross-platform fixes, and develop automation and LLM agent tooling to reproduce and triage breakage. Lead ambiguous projects independently and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Develop and evolve Azure capacity infrastructure, platform capabilities, and service stacks at scale. Provide technical leadership in requirements, architecture, design, coding, release planning, and operational reliability. Mentor engineers, manage cross-product dependencies, serve as a designated responsible individual, participate in on-call support, and improve system availability, observability, performance, and efficiency.

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic customers to design and operate large-scale data infrastructure, troubleshoot distributed systems and networking issues, develop automation and APIs, and translate deployment challenges into product improvements. The role requires deep expertise in storage, Linux internals, high-performance networking, Python and C/C++, plus customer-facing communication and up to 25% travel.

Develop and optimize detection, tracking, and multi-sensor fusion algorithms (Kalman/particle filters, multi-target tracking) for resource-constrained UAVs. Train and deploy neural networks for ATR, design distributed swarm fusion, validate against flight data and simulation, and optimize models for real-time edge inference. Travel up to 25% for tests.

Design, implement, test, and modernize backend services and integrations (TypeScript/Node.js and C++). Lead large projects, write technical specifications and API contracts, enforce coding standards, coach engineers, and drive legacy-to-modern migrations within online banking and core systems.

Designs and builds industrial IoT platforms spanning factory-floor edge systems and enterprise cloud environments. Responsibilities include architecting edge data acquisition, secure connectivity, cloud ingestion, real-time analytics, operational dashboards, and OT/IT integrations. The role requires industrial protocol expertise, cloud IoT platform experience, edge runtime development, troubleshooting, documentation, code and design reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. Preferred experience includes digital twins, predictive maintenance machine learning, time-series databases, Unified Namespace patterns, and industrial certifications.

Lead enterprise-wide architecture and long-term technology strategy while designing scalable, resilient distributed systems. Drive performance, reliability, and architectural decisions across multiple teams and business units. Serve as a senior technical authority, mentor senior engineers, shape engineering culture, and lead multi-year transformation initiatives. Responsibilities include system optimization, data modeling, cost optimization, and cross-organizational technical leadership.

Design and build firmware, software tooling, and infrastructure supporting semiconductor design, verification, manufacturing, and post-silicon validation. Partner with hardware and EDA teams, develop scalable compute and data pipeline solutions, automate workflows, debug low-level hardware-software interactions, and translate ambiguous requirements into production-quality systems. Mentor engineers and contribute through code and design reviews.

Designs and optimizes GPU-accelerated workloads for AI, scientific computing, inference, and high-throughput data processing. Responsibilities include CUDA kernel development, GPU profiling, performance optimization, distributed computing integration, ML framework integration, and production systems engineering. The role also involves code and design reviews, cross-functional collaboration, technical communication, and mentoring junior engineers.

Build and operate low-latency, event-sourced trading infrastructure for Coinbase’s institutional exchange, including matching engines, order management, risk, market data, and funding systems. Own reliability, correctness, incident response, and failover for high-throughput 24/7 production systems. Drive technical designs, collaborate cross-functionally on milestones, and write highly tested performance-critical backend code in Java, C++, or Go.

Lead domain architecture for Blue Yonder/JDA solutions, translating business needs into technical roadmaps, high-level designs, integrations, and standards. Collaborate with stakeholders, enterprise architecture, partners, and development teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant implementations across the domain.

Performs hands-on mechanical and electrical testing of electric and internal-combustion forklifts. Develops test plans, cases, scripts, automated fixtures, and custom setups; conducts performance, functional, and durability tests; analyzes results; troubleshoots issues with cross-functional teams; and maintains test documentation and reports.

Develops and optimizes Azure Storage infrastructure software supporting hardware accelerators, processors, transports, and cluster-scale performance. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, design, coding in C/C++, debugging, performance optimization, operational monitoring, incident response, and reliability improvements. The role collaborates across Research, Storage, and Compute organizations and supports the full software development lifecycle.

Design, implement, and optimize gameplay mechanics and systems. Collaborate with designers, artists, and developers to troubleshoot and refine code, optimize performance across platforms, and maintain clean modular code while staying current with game technologies.

Own the assessment, hardening, testing, modernization, and sustainment of a government SDN software baseline. Develop secure C++ and Python solutions, remediate vulnerabilities, improve testing, debug application and network issues, and support containerization, CI/CD, deployment, and security scanning. Collaborate with platform engineers and government stakeholders, document technical decisions, validate releases, and mentor engineers in Navy environments.

Build and operate high-throughput distributed systems for Yahoo Mail’s anti-spam protection and message delivery infrastructure. Responsibilities include writing, testing, deploying, debugging, and performance-tuning backend services; designing reliable components; using AI-assisted development tools; reviewing code; and making independent technical decisions. The role requires expertise in Java, Go, or C++, cloud platforms, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, machine learning, and scalable distributed systems.

A 10-week remote summer internship program offering team placements across software engineering, data science, support, and services. Interns complete daily responsibilities and a capstone project, collaborate with experienced professionals, attend workshops and networking events, and contribute to meaningful business priorities. Candidates must be enrolled undergraduates with strong analytical and technical skills, familiarity with programming or databases, knowledge of AI tools, and effective communication and teamwork abilities.

Build and operate high-scale internationalization infrastructure, including translation workflows, APIs, UIs, libraries, and platform tooling. Improve legacy systems through migrations while enhancing reliability, observability, latency, security, and cost efficiency. Prototype and productionize machine-learning and large-language-model capabilities, collaborate across engineering and business teams, and deliver measurable improvements in quality, adoption, developer productivity, and operational efficiency.

Develop and optimize payment platforms for performance, reliability, security, fraud prevention, and seamless recurring transactions. Build payment APIs and gateway integrations, improve processing latency and throughput, monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, and ensure compliance with payment industry standards. Collaborate with security, payment providers, and cross-functional teams while maintaining high-quality documentation and resilient payment workflows.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

Design and implement Mojo language features, compiler optimizations, and multi-target compilation for CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators using MLIR and LLVM. Collaborate with kernel authors, hardware engineers, researchers, and the open-source community to improve language design, code generation, performance, developer experience, and the broader Mojo SDK.

Develop, optimize, and integrate 5G NR L2/L3 protocol stacks (MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, NGAP). Implement scheduling, HARQ, buffer management, and mobility features. Debug protocols using tracing tools and integrate L2/L3 with PHY and 5GC to improve throughput, latency, and handover performance.

Design, implement, and optimize 5G NR gNB PHY layer algorithms and real-time signal processing on DSP/FPGA/GPU. Integrate PHY with RF front-end, maintain 3GPP compliance, perform unit/integration testing, debug and tune performance, and mentor junior engineers.