Senior C++ Software Engineer (Networking)

New Vision Softcom Consultancy; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

New Vision Softcom Consultancy is seeking a senior engineer to build and scale platform-level network security systems with deep expertise in systems programming and AI-driven engineering approaches.

The role focuses on high-performance C++ development on Linux/embedded networking platforms, developing low-level, system-intensive applications, and strengthening security capabilities with modern AI techniques.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent depth in platform, networking, or security systems.
• C++ development on Linux, embedded, or networking platforms.
• Experience building and debugging low-level, system-intensive applications.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, traffic flows, and DNS/IP addressing.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise firewalls or threat-defence appliances.
• Experience with agentic AI systems and AI-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with Go APIs and REST modernization; distributed systems.
• Debugging complex runtime issues; observability and reliability improvements.
• Integration with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Jira.

Skills

C++ on Linux/Embedded/Networking

Low-level systems programming

Networking protocols & traffic flows

Packet inspection techniques

Network security systems

Enterprise firewalls / threat-defence

Agentic AI systems design

LLMs & prompt engineering

Go APIs & REST modernization

Observability & reliability

Job description

Role Overview

We are hiring a senior engineer to build and scale platform-level network security systems with deep expertise in systems programming and modern AI-driven engineering approaches.

Must-Have Skills (Strict Non-Negotiable)

Core Systems & Programming

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience OR equivalent depth in platform, networking, or security systems
• Strong hands‑on experience in C++ development on Linux, embedded, or networking platforms
• Solid experience building and debugging low‑level, system‑intensive applications

Networking & Security

• Strong understanding of:
• Networking protocols and traffic flows
• Packet inspection techniques
• Network security concepts
• Practical experience working with network security systems
• The candidate must have worked for last couple of years on networking domain‑based projects. So, they must have strong familiarity with technologies like:
• TCP/IP networking
• UDP
• DNS
• HTTP/HTTPS
• IP addressing and subnetting etc.

Firewall / Security Domain

• Hands‑on experience with:
• Enterprise firewalls OR
• Threat‑defence appliances OR
• Packet inspection / traffic filtering engines

Good-to-Have Skills

• Agentic AI / Modern Engineering:
• Strong experience designing and building agentic AI systems, including:
• Multi‑step, goal‑driven workflows
• Reusable agent skill development
• Agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., MCP or similar)
• Strong proficiency in:
• LLMs and prompt engineering
• Structured outputs and validation strategies
• Reliable task orchestration
• AI system evaluation:
• Quality gates, monitoring, cost optimization
• Experience with:
• Go APIs and REST API modernization
• Distributed or multi‑component systems
• Exposure to:
• Debugging complex runtime issues (memory, concurrency, performance)
• Observability and system reliability improvements
• Integration experience with:
• GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Jira

Bonus / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with:
• SSL/TLS inspection
• Certificate handling and decryption policies
• OpenSSL integrations
• Exposure to:
• Application identification engines
• Traffic classification systems
• Service discovery caches