Top C++ Jobs in Houston, TX

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.

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.

Design, develop, and modernize enterprise-scale applications, RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Build cloud-neutral solutions across AWS and Azure, support legacy application migrations, participate in architecture and code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, document technical designs, and mentor engineers. The role emphasizes scalable, secure, high-performance backend systems, technical leadership, and engineering best practices.

Develop and improve MongoDB’s distributed database networking and observability components. Responsibilities include writing production-level C++ code, enhancing performance, availability, scalability, and resource efficiency, integrating observability frameworks, leading medium-sized projects, collaborating across the product lifecycle, and participating in code reviews and technical design. The role requires strong software architecture fundamentals and an interest in networking, observability, and computer systems internals.

Lead modernization of a 30-year-old Store Management System by reverse engineering EZC file-based platforms, migrating data and applications to PostgreSQL, and developing enterprise C/C++ software. Responsibilities include architecture, systems integration, APIs, ETL, performance optimization, troubleshooting, documentation, and maintaining business continuity. The role also applies AI-assisted development tools for code analysis, documentation, testing, and modernization while mentoring teams and supporting legacy and modern environments.

Lead frontend architecture and implementation for Slate's digital customer experience. Drive design, code, testing, and delivery across web and mobile, mentor engineers, collaborate with UX/product, and make long-term technical trade-offs to ensure reliability and scalability.

Support selection, specification, integration, testing, qualification, and verification of spacecraft GN&C flight hardware for lunar missions. Responsibilities include developing requirements and interfaces, managing supplier and procurement activities, performing trade studies and risk assessments, supporting environmental and acceptance testing, troubleshooting integration anomalies, conducting HIL and system tests, and preparing technical documentation. The role also supports flight readiness, mission operations preparation, and post-test or post-flight analysis.

Supports web and mobile application projects used by warehouses and customers. Develops, tests, and debugs solutions across platforms using Scrum and Agile practices. Assists with administrative tasks, reports, presentations, process improvement, documentation, meetings, and special projects. Interns collaborate across departments, follow cloud architecture and development standards, build professional relationships, and present their completed learning objectives at the end of the internship.

Serve as the senior technical contact for OEM Federal deployments of NVIDIA GPU-accelerated platforms. Own customer issues end to end, including troubleshooting, failure analysis, RMA procedures, root-cause investigation, and coordination with OEM support and NVIDIA engineering. Support secure Federal environments such as FedRAMP, IL5/IL6, and air-gapped SCIF facilities while maintaining sanitization and chain-of-custody requirements. Analyze multi-GPU systems, firmware, operating systems, networking, storage, and distributed workloads, with up to 35% travel.

Design and build intelligent compiler systems, compiler-oriented agents, code transformation workflows, and numerical verification infrastructure. Develop systems for low-level IR reasoning, code generation, optimization, differential testing, regression detection, and correctness validation across GPU-centric workloads. Collaborate with compiler, CUDA, runtime, library, and hardware teams to integrate capabilities into NVIDIA products while optimizing performance, scalability, and numerical correctness.

Architects, implements, verifies, and integrates high-performance FPGA networking solutions for space-based electronic systems. Designs Ethernet datapaths, packet switching fabrics, routing and queuing logic, protocol offload functions, and high-speed interfaces using AMD Xilinx technologies. Performs RTL coding, simulation, timing closure, board bring-up, system debugging, and documentation. Collaborates with hardware and software teams, supports laboratory validation, and mentors junior engineers serving DoD, intelligence, and civil space customers.

Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex backend software systems for data-intensive applications. Drive technical direction, implement new technologies, improve code quality, reduce technical debt, and promote testing and continuous delivery. Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams, engage with customers, and help deliver maintainable, scalable solutions using backend technologies, databases, distributed computing, and cloud platforms.

Design, build, operate, and maintain high-scale distributed telemetry systems for Grafana Mimir. Deliver features from concept through production, improve reliability and performance, review code and designs, manage releases, collaborate across the squad, contribute to open-source projects, and participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations. The role involves cloud software development, microservices, observability, DevOps practices, and database query optimization.

Lead technical ownership of InfiniBand and GPU interconnect fabric operations for hyperscale AI supercomputers. Drive incident response, deep multi-layer debugging across hardware/firmware/drivers/OS, and define failure models, playbooks, telemetry, and automation to improve reliability, observability, and scalability of GPU clusters and platform SLAs.

Build and maintain backend computation engines for solar and electrical design. Develop simulation and optimization systems for PV and battery storage layouts, component selection, and electrical configuration. Translate physical models into reliable, scalable software, shape computation infrastructure, write tested code, mentor teammates, collaborate cross-functionally, and own services through production and on-call support.

Lead and grow a compiler, kernel, and runtime engineering team responsible for accelerator bring-up across the Modular stack. Drive technical direction, architecture, coding, roadmap delivery, vendor partnerships, SOWs, milestones, cross-team dependencies, hiring, and production-quality model deployment across diverse hardware platforms.

As a Mojo Libraries Engineer, you'll design and implement libraries for Mojo, focusing on performance and integration with AI systems, collaborating with multiple teams to optimize algorithms and deliver high business impact.

Lead technical vision and architecture for the Mojo compiler backend: IR lowering, optimization passes, and code generation across CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators. Drive MLIR/LLVM initiatives, expand debugging and profiling tooling (LLDB/GDB, LSP, profilers), mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and engage with the open-source community to shape developer tooling and compiler strategy.

Support technical integrations between Sentrycs C-UAS technology and partner C2 or system-of-systems platforms. Configure, test, validate, and troubleshoot REST APIs and software interfaces; collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams; document requirements, configurations, issues, and resolutions; support technology partners; and drive integration problems through resolution. The role requires developing deep API and integration expertise while working with globally distributed teams.

Build and maintain 3D pipeline integrations, plugins, exporters, and platform connections across DCC tools and SaaS destinations. Own integrations from scoping through deployment, documentation, release, and support. Ensure asset fidelity across formats, materials, textures, scene scaling, and color spaces while troubleshooting complex multi-system pipelines. Collaborate with internal engineering teams, external platform vendors, and customers to resolve integration constraints and extend the shared integration framework.

Build and architect Alpaca’s high-performance algorithmic trading platform. Responsibilities include writing backend and frontend code, designing distributed and highly available systems, optimizing low-latency and high-throughput performance, and developing scalable databases, messaging systems, concurrency controls, and service-oriented architectures. The role also involves making critical platform decisions and potentially contributing to order and risk management, trading systems, observability, cloud infrastructure, and financial ledger capabilities.

Build realistic simulation environments, tools, and infrastructure for autonomous boats, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems. Develop configurable scenarios, sensor models, agent behaviors, closed-loop SIL and HIL workflows, replay and regression testing, and automated scenario evaluation. Integrate simulations with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, and data pipelines. Improve simulation scalability, fidelity, debugging, and developer workflows while helping engineering teams reproduce field failures and validate systems before deployment.

Develop and deploy reliable software for a distributed SQL database in a fast-paced production environment. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, and owning projects throughout the product lifecycle. Work may involve LLMs, vector indexes, database fault tolerance, SQL query performance, SIMD, LLVM code generation, search, and query optimization. Collaborate with engineering, product, marketing, and sales teams while developing professionally alongside experienced engineers.

Develop and deploy reliable software for SingleStore’s distributed SQL database. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, and improving systems involving query optimization, fault tolerance, concurrency, multithreading, server architectures, LLMs, vector indexes, SIMD, and LLVM code generation. The role involves end-to-end project ownership, collaboration across teams, and participation throughout the product lifecycle.

Develop and maintain C/C++ embedded software and firmware for optical transport systems. Design, integrate, and verify real-time solutions on RTOS platforms, including drivers, interrupt handling, and control firmware. Collaborate on hardware, ARM processors, and FPGA-based systems, while troubleshooting complex software, hardware, optics, and multiprocessor issues.