Senior C/C++ developer for 2G/4G/5G protocol stacks - Fairwaves

Fairwaves; Indiana (PA); Hybrid; USD 1,700 - 2,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Remote work possible

Relocation possible

Offices in Moscow

Job summary

Fairwaves is a small, fast-growing telecommunications vendor with global offices. We seek an experienced C/C++ engineer with strong GNU/Linux skills to develop and deploy software for our Software Defined Mobile Network platform.

You will work with open-source components like Osmocom, FreeSWITCH, and Erlang/Elixir. Ideal candidates have robust debugging expertise, self-directed work style, and proficiency in English and/or Russian.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in C/C++ development and deployment.
• Excellent research skills with unfamiliar protocols and standards.
• Vast debugging and troubleshooting experience.
• Self-driven with high level goals and minimal management.
• Solid GNU/Linux and open-source practices.

Skills

C/C++ development

GNU/Linux

Debugging

Open-source

English/Russian

Problem solving

Self-driven

Tools

Osmocom

FreeSWITCH

Erlang/Elixir

Job description

We're a small, fast-growing telecommunication systems vendor with the core R&D team currently based in Moscow and with offices in the US, UK, and Latvia. Our product is a mobile communication services system specifically designed to work in remote locations of Africa, Latin America, Pacific, and similar regions. Fairwaves technology is based on a combination of open-source components like Osmocom, FreeSWITCH, Erlang/Elixir with our Software-Defined Radio and a number of proprietary blocks to deliver a complete Software Defined Mobile Network. We're working with major telecom operators and partnering with blue-chip companies like Intel, Facebook, and SES Networks who appreciate unrivaled skill set of our team.

Minimum Requirements

• Significant experience in C/C++ development and application deployment.
• Excellent research skills. You will regularly encounter protocols and standards you've never heard of, and will be required to deal with them and possibly work around their limitations with minimal external help.
• Vast debugging and troubleshooting experience.
• Self-driven. You might have to formulate your tasks yourself based on given high-level goals. We're very light in managing our team which has its pros and cons.
• Solid understanding of GNU/Linux and open-source development tools, practices, and licenses.
• Professionalism in interaction with developers of open-source and proprietary software we're using as a part of our solution.
• Conversational English and/or Russian.

Preferred Requirements

• System-level development on Linux/POSIX systems.
• Experience in reading 3GPP specifications.
• Protocol-level understanding of the GSM/GPRS, LTE and 5G stacks.
• Experience with any of the Osmocom, SRS, OpenAirInterfaces, and/or FlexRAN projects.

Offer

• Salary starting from 170k Rub based on interview results.
• Stock option plan in the US-incorporated parent entity.
• Office location in the center of Moscow with easy transport access (Kitay Gorod) and a real hackerspace atmosphere.
• You can work remotely as long as you still drop by the office once or twice a week, and on request.
• Possible future relocation to the UK, US or Latvia.