Sr. Associate – C/C++, Linux

Qualification

B.Tech or B.E, B.C.A prior to M.C.A

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in C/C++ programming.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals, system calls, POSIX APIs, and IPC mechanisms.
• Experience with multi-threading, multi-process, synchronization, and concurrency.
• Familiarity with memory management, pointers, and low-level optimizations.
• Knowledge of networking protocols. (TCP/IP, UDP, sockets)
• Working experience in threading, shared data synchronization techniques, asynchronous processing, message passing across processes and sockets.
• Experience with debugging and profiling tools (GDB, Valgrind, strace, perf, etc.)
• Exposure to Python/Bash scripting for automation.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases like memcache, couchbase, etc.
• Experience with build systems (Make / CMake / Autotools like automake), version control. (Git / SVN / CVS)

Experience on messaging platforms and protocols like SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Jabber, IMPS, Webrtc, etc is desired. Experience with MTAs such as Qmail, Postfix, and standards such as DKIM, SPF, DMARC is a plus. Strong understanding of TCP/IP concepts with the ability to analyze network traffic using tools like Wireshark and tcpdump. Familiarity with development tools like gdb, Makefile, Valgrind, elefence, etc., proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git, CVS, SVN., familiarity with continuous integration tools is a plus, knowledge of internet and web servers (HTTP protocol) will be an added advantage.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Familiarity with security best practices. (secure coding, cryptography)
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Familiar with CI/CD Pipeline is a plus.
• Experience in another programming language. (Python/Java/Node) is a plus.
• Familiar with DevOps.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in C/C++ development in Linux-based environments. The ideal candidate will have experience in designing, developing, and optimizing high-performance systems, or low-level applications. You will work on challenging problems, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions.

Purpose:

As a Platform Engineer, you will get the opportunity to work with the designers/developers or suppliers of various components of systems and customize them for building pioneering solutions in the messaging and collaboration domain. You will get to play with cross-functional teams ranging from system engineers, solution architects, data modeling experts, performance engineers, and Subject Matter Experts of cybersecurity, storage, network & service operations.

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable software in C/C++.
• Work on Linux environment, system programming.
• Optimize code for performance, memory, and latency in resource-constrained environments.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues in multi-threaded, real-time, or distributed systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers.
• Work with debugging tools (GDB, Valgrind, strace, perf, etc.)