C++ Desktop Application Developer - - South Africa

Area/Location: Century City, Cape Town / OR REMOTE

We are looking for experienced C++ developers who will be responsible for building and maintaining a complex desktop application with interfaces with our clients other hardware and software. Development is agile and will be collaborating with other designers, developers, and testers. Should also have knowledge of object-oriented programming and software architecture

Roles & Outcomes:

C/C++ Programming and Integration
Software Design and Architecture
Writing Readable and Maintainable Code
Automated Unit- and Integration Testing
Documentation / Technical Authoring
Problem Solving
Project Management
Research / Investigations
User Support
Source Code Management, versioning and collaboration
Consulting with internal stakeholders to determine the scope of software development projects.
Collaborating with the software development team on application design and development.
Developing software and overseeing the deployment of applications across platforms.
Performing diagnostic tests and debugging procedures.
Creating end-user application feedback channels.
Optimizing software by performing maintenance, updates, and upgrades.
Keeping up to date with C++ standards and advancements in application development.
Resolve issues proactively to deliver high quality products

Education & Qualifications:

Higher Degree or diploma in IT or related field
Excellent work ethics, punctual, enthusiastic and willing to learn
Fluent in spoken and written English
Team player with the ability to work in small teams
Be able and willing to travel abroad

Experience:

Mandatory
- 2+ years C / C++ development experience
- Good OOP knowledge
Preferred
- Qt 5 and/or Qt 6
- Git source code management
- Platform independent development
- Deploying desktop applications on various platforms and operating systems
- Algorithms and data structures knowledge
- Software development lifecycle experience
- Windows and Linux (mainly Ubuntu, open for other distributions)
- Knowledge of Best Practices
Optional
- CMake build systems
- Python 3 scripting and standalone applications
- SQL and sqlite3 local databases
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- QSS (Qt stylesheets)
- Software design tools e.g. plantuml
- Software debugging tools e.g. gdb, cdb, valgrind, hotspot, gammaray
- Software documentation tools e.g. doxygen
- Automated software test development frameworks, e.g. google test
- Network protocols and analysis
- Atlassian apps (Jira project management, Confluence documentation, Bitbucket git server, Bamboo continuous integration