Ascentt
Senior Software Engineer
A hands-on C/C++ engineer who owns features end to end — design, implementation, testing, debugging, and release — writing production-quality code in Linux environments. Core stack includes C/C++11/14/17, GCC/Clang, GDB, CMake, multithreading, plus testing, profiling tools, and CI/CD with Git, Jenkins, and Python.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field with 4+ years relevant experience, or Master's with 2+ years
- Strong hands-on software development in C and C++, including memory management, pointers, data structures and algorithms
- Experience developing and debugging in Linux-based environments (GCC/Clang, GDB, Make/CMake)
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns and the C++ Standard Library (STL)
- Experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimization
- Experience developing and executing unit, integration, regression and system-level tests
- Experience with software design documentation and requirements traceability (Jama Connect or comparable tools)
- Experience with Git-based workflows and Jira
- Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation and communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with modern C++ (C++17/20) and Boost
- Experience with unit-testing frameworks (GoogleTest, Catch2) and debugging/profiling tools (GDB, Valgrind, sanitizers)
- Familiarity with coding standards and static analysis (MISRA C/C++, CERT, clang-tidy, Coverity)
- Experience with Python, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
Full description
Employment type: Full-Time / Contract
About the Job:
- We are seeking a C, C++ Software Engineer with strong hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining high-quality, performant software in C and C++.
- The engineer owns features end to end — from requirements and design through implementation, testing, debugging and release — as part of a collaborative engineering team.
What you will do:
- Design, develop and maintain production quality software in C and C++ (C++11/14/17 or later).
- Translate functional and technical requirements into clean software designs and well-structured code.
- Apply object-oriented design, design patterns and the STL to build modular, reusable and maintainable components.
- Write efficient, reliable code with careful attention to memory management, pointers, multithreading and performance.
- Develop and debug in Linux based environments using GCC/Clang, GDB and Make/CMake.
- Develop and execute unit, integration and regression tests to ensure software quality.
- Profile, troubleshoot and root cause defects using debuggers, logs and analysis tools such as Valgrind, sanitizers and static analysis.
- Maintain software design documentation and requirements traceability in Jama Connect or comparable tools.
- Contribute to code reviews, coding standards, static analysis and CI/CD automation using Git, Jenkins and Python.
- Collaborate with fellow developers, QA, product and project stakeholders to deliver on schedule.
This is a hands-on C/C++ development role. Candidates must be able to walk through C/C++ code they personally wrote — design choices, trade-offs and how they debugged it.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 2+ years.
- Strong hands-on software development in C and C++, including memory management, pointers, data structures and algorithms.
- Experience developing and debugging in Linux-based environments (GCC/Clang, GDB, Make/CMake).
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns and the C++ Standard Library (STL).
- Experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimization.
- Experience developing and executing unit, integration, regression and system-level tests.
- Experience with software design documentation and requirements traceability (Jama Connect or comparable tools).
- Experience with Git-based workflows and Jira.
- Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications: