Senior Software Developer (C++)

Golden Software; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Travel for in-person meetings 1–4x/yr

Team events in Golden, CO

Job summary

Golden Software is seeking a senior C++ software developer who can build high-quality desktop product features, work effectively in a mature Windows codebase, and help improve Surfer’s customer-facing workflows, performance, and extensibility.

This person should be a strong product-minded engineer: senior enough to make good architecture decisions, pragmatic enough to work safely in mature code, and collaborative enough to partner with Product Managers and other developers on cross-codebase work.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in C++.
• Experience building desktop Windows applications in mature codebases.
• Strong debugging, architecture, and implementation skills.
• Experience designing interoperable libraries and APIs.
• Clear communication in a remote development environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality full-stack C++ features across back-end and UI.
• Improve customer workflows, performance, and scalability.
• Expand automation, scripting, and extensibility of Surfer.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and engineers across code boundaries.
• Participate in peer code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical debt reduction.

Skills

8+ years experience

Windows desktop development

Large mature codebases

Debugging & architecture

APIs & scripting hooks

Remote collaboration

Cross-team collaboration

Code quality & maintainability

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

Slack

Job description

The scientific visualization software we develop, sell, and support is used by scientists and engineers across the globe.

These individuals solve some incredibly complex and challenging real-world problems – they save lives, they help locate and preserve valuable resources, they conduct environmental impact assessments, and ultimately, they make the world a better place!

We are passionate about helping these individuals make their positive impact by enabling them to communicate complex information in an easy-to-understand visual format. Our customers are at the heart of all of our conversations, and this is the reason we have the best reputation in the industry for high-quality, user-friendly software with legendary customer support.

What we’re looking for

Golden Software is seeking a senior C++ software developer who can build high-quality desktop product features, work effectively in a mature Windows codebase, and help improve Surfer’s customer-facing workflows, performance, and extensibility.

This person should be a strong product-minded engineer: senior enough to make good architecture decisions, pragmatic enough to work safely in mature code, and collaborative enough to partner with Product Managers and other developers on cross-codebase work.

Skills & Responsibilities:

You have the skills to excel in this role if you...

• Have 8+ years of professional software development experience, including senior-level work building commercial or production-grade C++ software.
• Have experience with Windows desktop application development.
• Can work effectively in large, mature, deeply layered codebases.
• Bring strong debugging, root-cause analysis, architecture, and implementation skills.
• Have demonstrated experience designing or implementing extensible, interoperable libraries, APIs, and scripting/automation hooks.
• Communicate clearly and constructively in a remote development environment.
• Collaborate comfortably across product management, engineering, and shared code boundaries.
• Care deeply about software quality, maintainability, scalability, and direct customer impact.

Tools & experience:

• Fluency in modern C++ (our codebase uses C++20) on Windows.
• Visual Studio, Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Slack, or comparable development and code review tooling.
• Familiarity with MFC, ATL, Windows API, .NET, or WPF is helpful, but not required.
• 3D, geospatial visualization, and real-time rendering experience is a plus (e.g., OpenGL or comparable graphics APIs, shaders, geometry, or rendering performance).
• Domain experience in GIS, mapping, gridding, contouring, or scientific visualization is a plus.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer workflows or integration protocols is a plus.

Great candidates don’t always check every box. We may consider equivalent skills and experience in place of specific requirements.

What you’ll do

As a senior developer, you will help build and improve product functionality that enables customers to complete complex scientific visualization and analysis workflows more efficiently.

You will succeed in this role by:

• Delivering high-quality, maintainable full-stack C++ features across backend engines and user interfaces.
• Reducing friction in priority customer workflows to improve retention and time to value.
• Improving performance and scalability for workflows handling large datasets.
• Expanding Surfer’s customer-facing automation, scripting, and system extensibility.
• Collaborating with Product Managers during discovery to assess feasibility, effort, risk, and technical trade-offs.
• Working across shared components and subsystems when feature work crosses codebase boundaries.
• Participating actively in peer code reviews, architecture discussions, sprint planning, and technical debt reduction.

The salary range for this role is $150,000 – $210,000, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. We are committed to providing a competitive compensation package that reflects the value this role brings to the business.

This is a full-time, remote position, with optional team events held in the Golden, CO area several times per year. Travel for in-person team and company meetings is required 1–4 times per year.