C++ Engineer

C++ Engineer

Work type onsite 5x a week

Work location - Houston, TX 77002

Duration - 12+ months contract

We are looking for a C++ Engineer to work with one of our larger clients located in Houston, TX.

This person will be working on the Data Science focus on field operations optimization. The ideal candidate is a seasoned C++ engineer with extensive experience in very large, performance-critical codebases, strong skills in multithreading and optimization, and the ability to safely extend and modernize a 2.5M-line production system that supports real-time field operations. This person will be reporting to the Data Engineering Manager.

Experience Required :

• Strong command of Modern C++
• Deep understanding of : Memory management (manual, smart pointers, memory leaks, custom allocators)
• Object-oriented design (inheritance, polymorphism, design patterns)
• Templates and metaprogramming
• Concurrency & multithreading (locks, atomic operations, thread safety)
• STL (Standard Template Library) containers, algorithms, iterators
• Exception safety and error handling patterns
• Codebase Navigation & Maintenance
• Comfortable working in very large codebases (millions of LOC)
• Ability to reverse-engineer undocumented or sparsely documented code
• Experience in refactoring without breaking functionality
• Debugging complex, cross-module issues