Senior C++ Engineer - Legacy Code Modernization

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Bogotá ciudad; Presencial; COP 130.788.000 - 242.892.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to join a team refactoring and enhancing a critical, production-grade application. The role focuses on evolving an existing C++ codebase while preserving current behavior and architecture, requiring comfort with complex legacy code and debt reduction.

You will collaborate with architects and engineers to define safe, incremental refactoring strategies, improve test coverage, and document decisions for future maintenance.

Formación

• Strong professional experience developing production applications in C++.
• Experience with large, legacy, or long-lived enterprise codebases.
• Proven experience performing code refactoring, code modernization, or technical debt reduction.
• 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.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze and understand complex legacy C++ codebases to support ongoing refactoring initiatives.
• Refactor existing components to improve maintainability, readability, performance, and code quality.
• Identify and resolve defects, inefficiencies, and architectural issues while preserving existing functionality.
• Collaborate with architects, technical leads, and engineers to define safe and incremental refactoring strategies.
• Conduct code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the team.
• Improve unit testing coverage and support validation of refactored functionality.
• Document technical findings, design decisions, and refactoring approaches for future maintainability.

Conocimientos

C++ Expertise

Legacy Code Refactoring

Software Architecture

Memory Management

Performance Optimization

Git

Code Reviews

Collaborative Teams

Herramientas

Git

Descripción del empleo

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to join a team refactoring and enhancing a critical, production-grade application. The role focuses on evolving an existing C++ codebase while preserving current behavior and architecture, requiring comfort with complex legacy code and debt reduction.

You will collaborate with architects and engineers to define safe, incremental refactoring strategies, improve test coverage, and document decisions for future maintenance.