C++ Senior Lead Engineer

Publicis Sapient; Bogotá ciudad; Presencial; COP 297.069.000 - 429.100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to serve as Technical Lead for refactoring and enhancing a critical production-grade application. You will improve and evolve an existing C++ codebase while preserving current behavior, guiding the team's technical direction, mentoring engineers, and communicating technical decisions to the client.

You will work with a distributed team, applying best practices in OO design, memory management, and performance optimization to reduce technical debt

Formación

• 5+ years of experience developing production C++ applications.
• Experience with large, legacy, or long-lived enterprise codebases.
• Proven experience refactoring, modernizing, or reducing technical debt.
• Experience leading technical decisions, conducting code reviews, and mentoring engineers.
• Experience communicating technical decisions to clients or non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of OO design, design patterns, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience debugging complex systems and performing root cause analysis.
• Solid memory management, performance optimization, and code quality in C++.
• Experience using Git and other source control systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration in distributed teams.

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical direction for the project and mentor engineers.
• Guide code reviews and mentoring across the team, ensuring best practices.
• Communicate technical decisions directly to clients or stakeholders.
• Refactor and modernize legacy code while preserving existing behavior.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to deliver sustainable improvements.

Conocimientos

Production C++

Legacy codebases

Refactoring

Technical lead

Code reviews

Client communication

OO design

Memory management

Git

Distributed teams

Herramientas

Git

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

We re seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to serve as Technical Lead on a team working on the refactoring and enhancement of a critical, production-grade application. This role focuses on improving and evolving an existing C++ codebase while preserving current system behavior, architecture, and technology choices. The successful candidate will be comfortable understanding complex legacy code, identifying technical debt, and implementing improvements within an established environment without introducing major technology changes — while also guiding the team s technical direction, mentoring other engineers, and communicating directly with the client on technical decisions.

Skills & Experience

• Strong professional experience developing production applications in C++.
• Experience working with large, legacy, or long-lived enterprise codebases.
• Proven experience performing code refactoring, code modernization, or technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Experience leading technical decisions, conducting code reviews, and mentoring other engineers.
• Experience communicating technical decisions directly to clients or non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience debugging complex systems and performing root cause analysis.
• Solid understanding of memory management, performance optimization, and code quality practices in C++.
• Experience using source control systems such as Git.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate in distributed teams.

Set Yourself Apart With

• Experience reverse-engineering undocumented or poorly documented systems.
• Experience improving testability and automated test coverage in legacy applications.
• Familiarity with static code analysis, profiling, and performance diagnostic tools.
• Experience working in regulated or mission-critical environments where backward compatibility is required.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar engineering productivity tools.
• Experience supporting incremental modernization initiatives while maintaining existing architecture constraints.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to work effectively within established technical constraints.
• Attention to detail and commitment to code quality.
• Collaborative approach to technical discussions and decision-making, with comfort leading those discussions and mentoring peers.
• Ownership mentality with focus on delivering sustainable improvements.

Additional Information

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.