C++ Software Engineer

Job Description: Job Title:C++ Software Engineer Job Type: Contract Duration: 6 Months Location: Irving TX 75039/Atlanta, GA 30308 100% Onsite role Candidates must have experience in: • Visual C++ on the windows platform. • Experience MUST be recent or current and match the years of experience listed (5+) years of experience needs to be listed on resume • Candidates must also have good experience doing unit testing as this is part of the software engineer role on this team. Framework like Google Test or CppUnit etc. • In addition, wants to see software engineers that are very focused in this area and not part of a vast experience that includes this skill set Position Summary & Key Areas of Responsibility: Summary: As a C++ Software Engineer you will be responsible for the design and development of software and automating BDD scenarios. You will interact daily with other team members to ensure that a quality product is delivered in a timely manner. You are expected to be able to own the solution to complex software problems/needs from design to delivery. You will also: • Participate in an agile development team, implementing user stories with automated testing to verify acceptance criteria. • Participate in the design, modify, implement, and document software application changes. • Participate in analysis, design, testing, and review processes. • Should be able to come up with effective effort estimation based on requirements. • Write product specifications, designs, and technical manuals. • Evaluate third-party products and specifications. • Maintain responsibility of assigned tasks by using experience/knowledge of environment to make design/development decisions. • Provide feedback to peer performance reviews. • Educate others (technical and non-technical) on areas of expertise. • Work under the supervision of an Engineering Manager. • Provide development level support for assigned products and projects throughout the development lifecycle. • Perform other job-related duties as assigned. Key Areas of Responsibility: • Designs and implements new product features and implements modifications to existing product features to include technical documentation. • Builds and executes unit tests for new or existing application code. • Works with Customer Care team members to resolve problems with released software. • Exhibits very high personal commitment to quality, software engineering best practices, and protection of sensitive consumer information. • Attends daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, work estimates. • Provides input into and release management decisions. • Ability to drive issues to effective resolution and to find solutions to challenging, time-critical problems. • Mentors team members and conducts code and test reviews. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in a related area (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Information Services, Management Information Services) or equivalent industry experience. • Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts • 5+ years of C++ experience on Windows environment. • Modern C++ standard (C++ 11 and above) experience • 3+ years of python experience • Experience producing technical designs for software applications. • Must exhibit good judgment in decision making. • Must excel in verbal and written communications. • Able to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences. • Able to troubleshoot complex systems including hardware and software systems. • Test automation experience using Cucumber, Behave, Gherkin • Have a Test-First mindset • Unit Testing Framework like Google Test, cppUnit etc. • Networking, TCP/IP Socket level communications • Experience in mentoring others on SW Engineering standards and emerging best practices • Agile Development experience • Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills • Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.). Good to have: • Java, .NET • Preferred Retail experience, especially in the Convenience Store industry and Point of Sale systems • Preferred working experience on Payment Processors and payment devices • Cloud development experience • Computer HW, Networking, TCP/IP Socket level communications experience • High volume, high availability solutions • PCI compliance, secure development, and data encryption techniques ET_PB01