Top C++ Jobs in Houston, TX

Design and maintain foundational gameplay systems, frameworks, workflows, and tools using C++ and Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical direction for shared gameplay architecture, profile and optimize CPU, memory, networking, and systemic performance, and establish performance metrics, budgets, workflows, and tools. Collaborate across engineering and content teams to support scalable multiplayer game simulation and networking.

Designs and develops software to automate onboarding, validation, management, tracking, and lifecycle operations for new hardware deployed in Microsoft datacenters. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, system design, coding, debugging, optimization, reliability engineering, monitoring, on-call support, and incident response. The role collaborates with Azure teams and stakeholders while improving scalability, security, availability, observability, and performance across cloud and distributed systems.

Design, implement, optimize, and operate highly available distributed data streaming platforms across FedRAMP environments. Develop concurrent, low-latency software using C, C++, Go, or Java; support full-stack data delivery; troubleshoot complex network and distributed-system issues; and provide technical guidance through code reviews and mentoring.

Lead design and implementation of large-scale Pub/Sub and messaging services within Azure Event Grid/Microsoft Fabric. Define scalable, reliable architectures, drive testing and CI/CD automation, build developer tooling, mentor engineers, manage incident response and operational excellence, and collaborate with PMs, EMs, researchers, and customers to deliver production-ready cloud services.

Architects and leads qualification, performance validation, automation, reliability, and fleet-readiness efforts for next-generation Azure Storage infrastructure. Develops tooling, telemetry, and performance analysis frameworks while partnering across Storage, Compute, Networking, Platform Engineering, and hardware teams. Provides technical leadership through architecture, incident resolution, mentorship, and engineering best practices. The role is onsite three days weekly in Redmond, Washington.

Design, build, and maintain pipeline and artist-facing tools across web, desktop, and Unreal surfaces. Develop Python integrations with Maya, Unreal, Nuke, Perforce, and AYON; build AI-assisted features; and own tools through production. Collaborate directly with artists and supervisors, manage work autonomously, and deliver responsive, maintainable, well-tested software.

Develop and optimize low-level embedded software and firmware for wireless communication systems. Integrate WiFi and 5G/LTE modules, support board bring-up, and validate hardware-software interactions. Optimize CPU, DSP, FPGA, and power performance; implement secure boot and OTA firmware updates; debug complex subsystem interactions; and collaborate with hardware and cross-functional teams. Maintain technical documentation and participate in code reviews.

Design, develop, and implement scalable software solutions and modern applications for consumer banking. Collaborate in an Agile environment, contribute to architectural and design decisions, build distributed service-based components, and incorporate scalability, manageability, and maintainability. The engineer will work across multiple initiatives, collaborate with teammates, mentor engineers, and help deliver consumer-facing products.

Develop high-performance Rust services for distributed systems, low-latency APIs, asynchronous pipelines, networking applications, and cloud-native infrastructure. Responsibilities include concurrency and performance optimization, messaging integration, secure authentication services, observability, CI/CD automation, architecture reviews, debugging production issues, and collaboration with platform, DevOps, and product engineering teams.

Design, develop, and maintain embedded software and firmware for microcontroller- and microprocessor-based systems. Responsibilities include device drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, HALs, RTOS applications, communication interfaces, secure firmware updates, hardware integration, debugging, testing, optimization, and production support. The engineer collaborates with hardware, systems, QA, and product teams across industrial, automotive, medical, IoT, and connected-device projects.

Designs and builds TypeScript backend services for real-time and asynchronous risk decisioning. Develops event-driven workflows, queues, pub/sub systems, cloud task infrastructure, and state machines. Collaborates with product, operations, and infrastructure teams; delivers projects end to end, participates in code reviews, provides technical leadership, and mentors engineers.

Build and operate backend APIs, a reusable integration platform, security-tool connectors, MCP capabilities, and event-driven services. Own GraphQL federation, permissions, multi-tenant access, reliability, observability, vendor API resilience, and production operations. Collaborate across engineering, product, and security teams while mentoring other engineers and contributing to technical standards.

Build and operate backend services for licensing, entitlements, provisioning, access control, multi-tenant administration, MSP/MSSP workflows, audit logging, and notifications. Design reliable cloud-native systems using Docker, Kubernetes, and relational databases, while contributing to observability, incident response, documentation, testing, and platform security. Collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams and mentor less experienced engineers.

Define architecture and metrics for autonomous driving evaluation, lead cross-functional integration across autonomy and simulation teams, develop statistical and machine learning methods, analyze large-scale time-series data, manage evaluation KPIs and release gates, and communicate safety and readiness insights through dashboards and stakeholder presentations.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for Azure Storage geo-replication, data protection, failover orchestration, and business continuity. Drive cross-team delivery, operational excellence, telemetry, automation, AI-assisted operations, and represent the team in executive and customer engagements.

Lead design and implementation of modernized insurance underwriting and policy administration solutions. Drive cloud transformation, data-driven and secure architectures, improve risk selection and claims resolution, enhance customer experience through automation, mentor technical teams, manage client relationships, and oversee project lifecycle, budgets, and delivery quality.

Lead and grow a software engineering team responsible for CUDA Math Libraries platform expansion and readiness. Own integration, qualification, compliance, validation, performance testing, defect triage, and technical roadmaps across specialized platforms. Collaborate with library, DevOps, QA, compiler, CUDA, release, and platform teams. The role requires hands-on high-performance numerical software development using C++ and Python, parallel computing, performance optimization, and software engineering leadership.

Support and improve manufacturing operations through automation, equipment qualification, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, data analysis, and production process optimization. Develop and validate hardware and software solutions using LabVIEW, SQL, Python, PLCs, and analytics tools. Support equipment testing, performance metrics, yield improvement, downtime reduction, and early production ramp activities. The role is on-site in Sugar Land, Texas, with 5–10% international travel.

Build and scale full-stack applications using Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Design APIs, data architectures, synchronization systems, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines for secure, reliable operation in disconnected and low-bandwidth environments. Collaborate across engineering, business development, and mission teams while supporting critical defense and public safety operations.

Develops automated hardware and software test solutions for photonic integrated circuits and subassemblies. Responsibilities include designing validation plans, characterizing semiconductor optoelectronic devices, controlling instruments and data acquisition, qualifying production test stations, applying Gage R&R and SPC, documenting solutions, and tracking project milestones. The role requires collaboration across engineering teams and troubleshooting of complex test systems.

Lead design and implementation of Pinterest Edge systems (CDN, TLS, DNS, proxies) to manage automation traffic and rate limiting at scale. Develop request-processing logic in Envoy, collaborate with vendors and platform teams, mentor engineers, use AI to accelerate workflows, and participate in on-call incident response and reliability improvements.

Leads architecture and development of Trellix’s high-throughput cloud threat detection platform. Designs microservices, asynchronous submission pipelines, sandbox execution systems, full-stack analyst interfaces, secure AWS infrastructure, identity integrations, telemetry pipelines, and compliant multi-region architectures. Owns infrastructure as code, observability, production reliability, security practices, technical documentation, incident response, and SLA commitments while integrating AI-assisted development tools.

Design, build, and integrate software for autonomous robots across sensor integration, perception, localization, motion planning, control, and behavioral systems. Develop production robotics software using C++, Python, and ROS, debug real-time concurrent systems, support field tests and hardware integration, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role also includes code and design reviews, technical documentation, mentoring, and translating ambiguous requirements into reliable solutions.

Build low-latency, high-reliability trading, risk, and analytics systems for fintech applications. Translate quantitative models into production software, develop market data and FIX protocol systems, optimize performance, and implement risk and P&L functionality. Collaborate with quants, traders, product, and engineering stakeholders while contributing to design reviews, code reviews, documentation, mentoring, and production-quality delivery.

Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend platforms and shared services, including request routing, traffic management, caching, asynchronous execution, and durable event processing. Develop distributed systems with strong consistency, availability, latency, and failure-mode characteristics. Lead multi-quarter platform initiatives, make technical decisions, mentor engineers, improve developer experience, and collaborate across teams through design reviews, documentation, and stakeholder management.