Senior C++ Engineer - Forensic Systems & Parsers

PieCyfer; Lahore; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,400,000; Full time

Job summary

PieCyfer is seeking an experienced C++ engineer to own the native engine at the center of our forensic examination software on Windows. You’ll work on filesystem, evidence image and container parsers, ensuring compatibility with two decades of formats and cross-examination reliability.

You’ll tackle format archaeology, fix artifacts, and maintain a large codebase with MSVC, Win32, and both C++ and C# projects. If you value careful debugging across module boundaries, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of C++ on Windows with MSVC
• Deep Win32 systems programming: IOCTLs, memory-mapped files, threading
• Experience writing readers for undocumented binary formats
• Comfort debugging across module boundaries: heap corruption, CRT mismatches
• MSBuild across vcxproj, vcproj and dsp formats
• Practical ownership in a codebase with thin test coverage

Responsibilities

• Own the plugin platform behind 40+ parser families and a stable C ABI
• Diagnose and fix format-level defects from real casework
• Maintain a large build consisting of many C++ and C# projects
• Reduce risk in an aging dependency stack without changing shipped behavior
• Collaborate to ensure long-lived, reliable system behavior

Skills

C++ on Windows

Win32 systems programming

Binary format parsing

Debugger across modules

MSBuild usage

Tools

MSBuild

Visual Studio

Git

Job description

PieCyfer is seeking an experienced C++ engineer to own the native engine at the center of our forensic examination software on Windows. You’ll work on filesystem, evidence image and container parsers, ensuring compatibility with two decades of formats and cross-examination reliability.

You’ll tackle format archaeology, fix artifacts, and maintain a large codebase with MSVC, Win32, and both C++ and C# projects. If you value careful debugging across module boundaries, this role is for you.