Software Engineer

Jobtailor; Agoura Hills (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a software engineer to design, implement, integrate, and maintain moderately complex software components and algorithms for Windows and embedded Linux platforms. You will document decisions, test strategies, and user-facing behavior, while collaborating across teams to clarify requirements and ensure robust, diagnosable systems.

The role emphasizes production-quality code, unit/integration/system testing, and mentoring of less experienced engineers, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• 2+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with C# and C++, Windows and embedded Linux.
• Experience with unit/integration/system tests.
• Local to Agoura Hills, CA; visa sponsorship not available.

Responsibilities

• Clarify software requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Own design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of components and algorithms.
• Document interface requirements, design decisions, and tests.
• Design for throughput, robustness, maintainability, and diagnosability.
• Develop production-quality code in C# and C++ for Windows and embedded Linux.
• Create and execute unit, integration, and system tests.
• Investigate defects and drive to closure with debugging/profiling tools.
• Peer review requirements, designs, code, tests, and docs.
• Estimate work and communicate status with limited supervision.
• Improve engineering practices and provide knowledge sharing.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-Solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

C#

C++

Windows

Embedded Linux

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

System-Level Testing

Debugging

Profiling

Logging

Code Analysis

Technical Documentation

Job description

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify software requirements, identify technical constraints, and contribute to solution planning
• Own the design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of moderately complex software components and algorithms
• Document interface requirements, design decisions, test strategies, and user-facing behavior
• Design components for throughput, robustness, maintainability, and diagnosability
• Develop production-quality code in C# and C++ for Windows and embedded Linux environments
• Create and execute unit, integration, and system-level tests
• Investigate defects and drive issues to verified closure
• Use debugging, profiling, logging, and code-analysis tools to resolve software and hardware-interaction issues
• Participate in peer reviews of requirements, designs, code, tests, and documentation
• Estimate assigned work, communicate status and risks, and deliver commitments with limited day-to-day supervision
• Improve engineering practices, reusable components, development tools, and team documentation
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to less-experienced engineers, interns, or co-op students

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with emphasis on software or computer engineering
• Typically 2 or more years of relevant software development experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience gained through internships, co-op assignments, academic projects, or professional engineering work may be considered as part of the overall qualifications
• Programming experience in C# and C++
• Experience developing software for Windows and embedded Linux environments
• Experience with software components, algorithms, unit testing, integration testing, and system-level testing
• Experience using debugging, profiling, logging, and code-analysis tools
• Candidates must be local to the position location
• Position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software design, implementation, and testing, particularly in C# and C++ for Windows and embedded Linux environments. Capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and providing technical guidance while maintaining high standards of code quality and documentation.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• C# Programming
• C++ Programming
• Windows Software Development
• Embedded Linux Development
• Unit Testing

Hard Skills

• Software Design
• Software Implementation
• Software Integration
• Algorithm Development
• System-Level Testing
• Debugging
• Profiling
• Logging
• Code Analysis
• Technical Documentation

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Mentoring

Industry Keywords

• Computer Science
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Software Development
• Technical Constraints