C++ Developer with Python Experience

Tek Spikes • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

We’re seeking a highly experienced C++ developer (10+ years) who will be fully onsite in San Diego. This person will design, implement, optimize, and maintain performance-critical systems. The role involves working with hardware integrations, real-time constraints, and possibly embedded systems. You will also mentor others, lead parts of the architecture, and be responsible for high code quality.

Requirements

• 10+ years hands-on experience in C++ development
• Strong knowledge of modern C++ (templates, smart pointers, move semantics, concurrency abstractions)
• Experience with real-time, or embedded systems, or high-performance, low-latency systems
• Deep debugging skills (profiling tools, memory leak detection, performance optimization)
• Good experience with Linux or relevant OS (including threading, memory, system APIs)
• Comfortable working fully onsite: in labs, with hardware, possibly on shift or with schedules tied to hardware/test cycles

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems)
• Hardware driver or firmware interface experience (e.g. SPI, I2C, UART, memory-mapped IO)
• Domain experience: telecom, aerospace/defense, medical devices, robotics, networking
• Familiarity with build systems like CMake, Bazel; scripting (Python, Bash) for test automation
• Exposure to secure coding practices, standards compliance where relevant

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and build new modules & features in C++ (modern standard: C++11/14/17/20)
• Maintain, refactor, and optimize existing code for performance, memory usage, latency
• Debug complex, multi-threaded, concurrent, or real-time systems
• Work closely with firmware, hardware, QA, system engineers for full stack integration (software → hardware)
• Lead or contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and document APIs, subsystem interactions
• Ensure software is testable: unit tests, integration tests, continuous integration/delivery pipelines
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers on best practices, design patterns, performance engineering
• Estimate work, report progress, participate in project planning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior