Senior C++ Software Developer

Catapult Software; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office by Takapuna Beach with parking

Flexible working

Cake!

Job summary

Catapult Software in Auckland is seeking a senior C++ developer to extend and maintain a mature SCADA and control systems codebase used by utilities worldwide.

You will contribute in a small, collaborative team, delivering robust software that ships and supports essential services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of C++ development on legacy code in active product releases.
• Strong C++ with C++20 and Boost.Asio.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• New Zealand citizenship or Permanent Resident status.

Responsibilities

• Build SCADA and control system UI applications for export.
• Work with system engineers and frontend developers to extend shared platforms.
• Write code to our standards, with testing and refactoring built in.
• Work to Agile and CI practice, building for security and scalability.
• Build features such as web services and queries over existing data.
• Work on core data structures, algorithms, and application performance.
• Peer code reviews, collaborate with a small software team.

Skills

8+ years C++ development

C++20

Boost.Asio

Multithreading & Concurrency

English proficiency

Education

Tertiary qualification in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Jenkins

SVN

NuGet

npm/yarn

Angular/React basics

Job description

"Solutions that save time, money and lives" - for real customers, in 40+ countries.

The code you write keeps essential services running. You'll be working in C++ on SCADA and control system interfaces used by electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing operators around the world - a mature codebase in active development in a small team where what you build ships.

Catapult Software is a New Zealand software export success story. Since 1991, we have helped electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing clients around the world manage essential services and equipment. Today, we are a key integration partner with Velotic - the global industrial software leader, previously GE - extending and optimising SCADA systems for its core products.

What you'll do

• Build SCADA and control system UI applications for export
• Work with system engineers and frontend developers to extend shared platforms
• Write code to our standards, with testing and refactoring built in
• Work to Agile and CI practice, building for security and scalability
• Build features such as web services and queries over existing data
• Work on core data structures, algorithms, and application performance
• Peer code reviews, work with other software developers in a small team

To apply, you must:

• Be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident
• 8+ years of C++ development on legacy codebases in active product releases
• Strong C++ (C++20, Boost Asio)
• Excellent written and spoken English

You'll also bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Up-to-date on technology trends, keen to experiment and bring new ideas
• Multithreading and concurrency, with strong debugging and profiling skills
• Experience building reusable, testable, responsive Angular/React components
• Publishing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience porting legacy C++ and toolkits from 32-bit to 64-bit (Ideal!)
• Understands a problem before solving it, provides estimates, and owns delivery
• Adaptable to changing requirements, with an eye for customer value
• Hands-on experience with VC++, MFC, and COM (useful)
• Industrial protocols - OPC UA / Modbus / DNP3 / IEC 61850
• Visual Studio, Git, SVN, NuGet, npm, yarn, Jira, Jenkins, and C#

What's in it for you

• Work on products that manage essential services for millions of people
• Be part of an enduring, successful, progressive, and relevant business
• A small, tight-knit and diverse team - with cake!
• Flexible working and a smart-casual dress code
• An office in the heart of Takapuna, by the beach, with parking

Catapult is an equal opportunity employer.