Remote C++ Expert Engineer - Lead High-Performance Systems

Ensono; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health plan options

401k with company match

Family forming benefit

Sabbatical leave

Education reimbursement

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a highly skilled C++ Expert Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on, production-grade experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ systems on Linux. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor peers, and champion best practices across the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities include ownership of critical components, building CI/CD pipelines, managing multi-platform builds with CMake, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and

Qualifications

• Expert understanding of dynamic memory allocation, RAII, smart pointers.
• Diagnose memory leaks, dereferencing issues, and buffer overflows.
• Strong C++ threading knowledge and std::thread usage.
• Experience with CMake cross-platform builds and Docker-based workflows.
• Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and debugging tools (GDB/Valgrind).
• Comfort with Linux development and scripting in Python or shell.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ systems.
• Lead architectural decisions, code reviews, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical growth.
• Define and maintain build systems and multi-platform configurations.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and containerisation workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a Linux environment.
• Profile performance and drive optimization initiatives.

Skills

Dynamic memory allocation

RAII

Smart pointers

Memory leak diagnosis

C++ threading

std::thread

Lock-free programming

CMake

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

GDB

Valgrind

Linux development

Python

Shell scripting

SQL

Git

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Equivalent industry experience

Tools

CMake

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

GDB

Valgrind

Python

Shell scripting

SQL

Job description

Ensono is seeking a highly skilled C++ Expert Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on, production-grade experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ systems on Linux. You will lead architectural decisions, mentor peers, and champion best practices across the software lifecycle.

Responsibilities include ownership of critical components, building CI/CD pipelines, managing multi-platform builds with CMake, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and