Required Skills: C++, Win32, API, Jira

Job Description

Location: Dallas TX or Atlanta GA  (onsite)

Interview: Phone and Inperson

Duration: 6+ month contract

Beyond that, a couple of tricks we've found are that they're really looking into the resumes, so they need to be specific in listing what they've done with particular tools; resumes that just say they've used it aren't getting much traction, even with a summary on our side explaining the use.  

Please note that they're particularly looking for Win32 experience as well as everything they've listed here: 

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