C++ developer
About The Position
We are seeking a senior-level C++ engineer to help modernize a mission-critical retail application that has been in production for more than 30 years. This role is focused on understanding and transforming a large legacy system built on a proprietary file-based database platform. The ideal candidate has experience working with older database technologies, reverse engineering existing systems, and helping organizations migrate from legacy file-based databases to modern architectures. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving difficult modernization challenges and working with large, mature codebases.
Requirements
- 10+ years of C++ development experience
- Experience supporting and enhancing large legacy applications
- Experience reverse engineering undocumented code and business logic
- Experience modernizing or migrating legacy database platforms
- Strong understanding of data structures, file formats, indexing, and storage engines
- Experience analyzing and converting legacy data models
- Ability to understand highly customized systems built over many years
Nice To Haves
- Experience with VSAM
- Experience with ISAM / C-ISAM
- Experience with Btrieve
- Experience with Pervasive SQL
- Experience with FairCom c-tree
- Experience with RMS
- Experience with IMS
- Experience with Adabas
- Experience with IDMS
- Experience with other proprietary, hierarchical, or file-based database systems
- Migrated applications from VSAM, ISAM, Btrieve, c-tree, or similar technologies
- Converted file-based databases into relational database structures
- Reverse engineered proprietary data formats and legacy applications
- Modernized large C++ codebases while maintaining business continuity
- Worked on retail, POS, inventory, or other transaction-intensive systems
- Led or contributed to enterprise modernization efforts involving legacy platforms
Responsibilities
- Modernize a mission-critical retail application
- Understand and transform a large legacy system built on a proprietary file-based database platform
- Work with older database technologies
- Reverse engineer existing systems
- Help organizations migrate from legacy file-based databases to modern architectures
- Solve difficult modernization challenges
- Work with large, mature codebases
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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