Top C++ Jobs in Houston, TX

Design, analyze, and support robotic and electromechanical systems for automated pipe handling and drilling operations. Create mechanical designs, perform stress and tolerance analyses, develop test plans and fixtures, specify components, validate hardware/software, collaborate with vendors, enforce standards, and lead commissioning and acceptance testing at NOV and customer sites.

Lead turbomachinery design and product development: perform FEA, rotordynamics and hand calculations; select components/materials; approve manufacturing drawings; support aftermarket, startup, commissioning, root-cause analyses, cost reduction, vendor and customer integration, and development of standardized engineering deliverables and tools.

Design, develop, test, and maintain software for enterprise and embedded systems using C/C++, Python, and LabVIEW. Lead projects, mentor junior engineers, troubleshoot complex defects, create technical documentation, support deployments, and ensure compliance with AS9100/ISO processes.

As a Backend Engineer, you'll improve Git and Gitaly by contributing features, bug fixes, and performance improvements, collaborating with the open source community, and participating in architectural discussions.

The R&D Engineering Intern will assist in researching and prototyping low-power tracking protocols, engaging in mesh networking and technical document preparation.

Lead low-level Qualcomm Android BSP bring-up and devicetree integration, design and customize bootloaders (XBL/ABL), develop/debug ADSP firmware, analyze kernel logs and traces, and collaborate with hardware and validation teams to deliver stable OS builds to edge camera hardware.

Partner with customers to scope, build, and deploy software integrations. Configure and troubleshoot REST APIs, networking/authentication, and data formats; document implementations and feed product insights to engineering and product teams. Travel 25–50% for onsite deployments.

Design, build, and operate high-concurrency distributed microservices for spam detection and email delivery. Lead architecture, CI/CD, cloud-native (GCP) operations, telemetry, and AI-assisted/agentic workflows. Integrate LLMs for detection and diagnostics, mentor engineers, and drive reliability, performance, and automation across production systems.

Design and evaluate performance engineering tasks for AI training/evaluation. Optimize runtime, compilers, memory, CPU/GPU and concurrency. Produce documented solutions, evaluate AI-generated code, and build evaluation frameworks and scoring rubrics while collaborating with researchers and SMEs.

Architect and lead design of fault-tolerant, real-time flight software for autonomous spacecraft. Define requirements, oversee integration, verification (HIL), CI/build automation, and documentation to meet safety-critical standards.

Develop, evaluate, and test safety-critical Orion GN&C flight software. Use MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow/Autocode, Python, and C/C++ for analysis, simulation, integration, and build management. Improve software processes, perform deep-dive flight and simulation analyses, and collaborate with NASA and contractor teams.

As an Embedded Perception Engineer, you'll develop perception pipelines for autonomous systems, focusing on vision model development, sensor fusion, and optimization on embedded hardware.

The Backend Engineer will architect and optimize execution and matching infrastructure for low-latency trading systems, focusing on performance with a strong systems background.

Develop and maintain engine-level systems, game modding tools, and editor extensions. Implement and optimize rendering pipelines and shaders using DirectX/Vulkan/OpenGL/Metal. Profile and optimize CPU/GPU/memory and multithreaded workloads, debug complex graphics issues, and collaborate with engineers, artists, and designers to deliver high-quality, maintainable C++ engine code.

Seeking an experienced Software Engineer for the Spacetime team to develop systems for satellite communication, requiring expertise in algorithms and large-scale distributed systems.

Design, build, and maintain scalable end-to-end systems and APIs/SDKs for an enterprise custody platform. Work full-stack across databases, cloud deployments, CI/CD, and security; troubleshoot issues, integrate emerging technologies, and mentor junior engineers.

As a Gameplay Engineer, you'll design and refine networked gameplay systems, iterate on features, and collaborate with designers and back-end engineers.

The Sr. Performance Engineer optimizes low-latency systems at Helius, focusing on Rust services for traders and financial institutions, improving performance and efficiency in real-time data APIs.

Provide technical support for robotic systems, helping customers troubleshoot issues, collaborate with teams, and document solutions. Maintain knowledge base and improve support processes while achieving KPIs.

The Senior Backend Engineer develops core product features in ETL and GraphQL, designs APIs, builds ETL pipelines, and collaborates with frontend teams.

Lead development and enhancement of mathematical optimization algorithms and APIs (LP, MIP, QP, etc.). Implement, benchmark, and document new solver features, support product releases, present at conferences, and collaborate with global teams to improve performance and numerical robustness.

Design and implement frontend components for the Solidity compiler, optimize performance, develop integration layers, and collaborate with researchers to enhance security features.

Lead design and delivery of end-to-end calibration systems for perception sensors and robot kinematics. Build algorithms, fixtures, on-fixture software, data pipelines, validation, operator workflows, and fleet monitoring. Own fixture software and in-field self-check/recalibration, define downstream manufacturing requirements, and coordinate with vendors and contract manufacturers. Hire, mentor, and develop engineering talent for calibration work.

Join Azure PostgreSQL to design, implement, and test features in a relational database engine (query processing, logging, storage, IO, scale-out). Collaborate with stakeholders, write maintainable code, define test plans, operate live services (on-call), and contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux.

Owner of the embedded Linux platform on NVIDIA Jetson-based edge systems. Integrate and maintain ROS2 sensor nodes, develop drivers, OTA pipelines, on-device AI inference (TensorRT/CUDA), networking and secure connectivity, ensure reliability in maritime environments, and triage field issues while collaborating across hardware, cloud, and AI teams.