We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in C++ to lead the development of high-performance backend and middleware systems within advanced Command and Control (C2) environments. This role centers on designing robust, scalable, and low-latency system components operating in distributed, mission-critical settings. The ideal candidate brings strong architectural judgment, production-grade C++ experience, and the ability to guide technical direction across complex system integrations.
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Senior Software Engineer
Relocation to Abu Dhabi Required
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in C++ to lead the development of high-performance backend and middleware systems within advanced Command and Control (C2) environments. This role centers on designing robust, scalable, and low-latency system components operating in distributed, mission-critical settings. The ideal candidate brings strong architectural judgment, production-grade C++ experience, and the ability to guide technical direction across complex system integrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design scalable backend and middleware frameworks using modern C++.
- Define system structure across monolithic, modular, and distributed service-based architectures.
- Lead architectural reviews and establish performance and reliability standards.
- Develop production-quality C++ code with emphasis on efficiency, memory management, and concurrency.
- Optimize systems for deterministic performance in real-time or near-real-time environments.
- Troubleshoot complex performance bottlenecks and system-level failures.
- Build and maintain message-oriented systems supporting pub/sub, request-response, and streaming patterns.
- Implement reliable service orchestration and data exchange layers.
- Ensure fault tolerance and resilience across distributed nodes.
- Work directly with TCP/IP, UDP, WebSockets, and custom protocol implementations.
- Integrate middleware using standards such as DDS, MQTT, REST, or proprietary communication layers.
- Enforce secure communication and authentication mechanisms.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to coding standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with system architects, frontend teams, and autonomy/robotics engineers.
- Drive long-term maintainability and modularization efforts.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of professional experience in C++ development.
- Proven experience building distributed backend systems.
- Strong understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and memory optimization.
- Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocol design.
- Experience working in Linux environments.
- Experience in mission-critical, defense, robotics, or real-time systems.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD automation.
- Experience refactoring legacy C++ systems into modular architectures.
- Exposure to Rust or Python is a plus.
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