Senior C++ Middleware Engineer - Tech Lead

Capgemini Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering Singapore seeks an experienced software professional to lead the technical delivery of a customised C++ middleware solution within a customer environment. You will translate requirements into a robust software architecture, manage day-to-day development activities, and ensure interfaces are reliable, testable, and maintainable for integration into larger systems.

The role involves leading design and implementation of C++ components, coordinating tasks, and maintaining

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional software-development experience, including substantial experience in C++.
• Proven experience delivering production-quality C++ software for distributed, embedded, industrial, maritime, defence, communications, automation, or other integration-heavy systems.
• Experience designing middleware, software interfaces, communications gateways, protocol adapters, or data-integration solutions.
• Strong understanding of modern C++ principles and practices, ideally C++11 or later.
• Experience with Linux-based development environments, including command-line troubleshooting, process/service management, file permissions, networking tools, and log analysis.
• Experience with Git and structured software configuration management.
• Experience with software debugging, profiling, automated testing, and defect investigation.
• Ability to interpret interface control documents, protocol specifications, data dictionaries, and system requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear technical documentation and engage directly with customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, and verification of customised middleware and software interfaces in C++.
• Act as the technical focal point for the software work package, coordinating software tasks, priorities, estimates, risks, and delivery milestones.
• Analyse customer, system, interface-control, and operational requirements; derive clear software requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Define the middleware architecture, including interface abstractions, data models, message formats, protocol handling, error handling, logging, configuration, and service lifecycle management.
• Design and implement C++ components for inter-system communications, data translation, protocol conversion, message routing, and interface monitoring.
• Review interface specifications and work with customers, internal engineering teams, and third-party suppliers to resolve technical ambiguities and integration issues.
• Establish and maintain software engineering practices, including coding standards, branching strategy, code reviews, build management, unit testing, static analysis, and version control.
• Plan and supervise the Junior Software Engineer’s work, provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and support capability development.
• Develop software design documents, interface descriptions, test procedures, release notes, installation guides, and technical reports.
• Define and execute unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing; investigate defects and support root-cause analysis.
• Support software installation, deployment, commissioning, customer demonstrations, site integration, and post-delivery defect resolution where required.
• Identify technical, schedule, cybersecurity, obsolescence, and integration risks, and propose practical mitigation actions.
• Ensure developed software complies with applicable customer requirements, project processes, quality procedures, and cybersecurity expectations.

Skills

C++

Linux

Git

Unit testing

Debugging

Software architecture

Customer communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CMake

Make

Conan

vcpkg

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Capgemini Engineering Singapore seeks an experienced software professional to lead the technical delivery of a customised C++ middleware solution within a customer environment. You will translate requirements into a robust software architecture, manage day-to-day development activities, and ensure interfaces are reliable, testable, and maintainable for integration into larger systems.

The role involves leading design and implementation of C++ components, coordinating tasks, and maintaining