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Senior C++ Software Engineer

Fintal Partners

Job Description

We are partnered with a leading technology-driven firm in Chicago looking to add a strong Software Engineer to a growing platform engineering team.

This is a highly technical engineering role focused on building and improving large-scale, performance-sensitive systems used across the organization.

What You’ll Work On

  • Designing and building complex distributed systems
  • Developing high-performance software in C++ and/or Rust
  • Improving the scalability, reliability, and performance of core platforms
  • Solving challenging systems and infrastructure problems
  • Building tools and services used by highly technical internal users
  • Working across different layers of the technology stack
  • Collaborating with engineers and technical stakeholders on system design and architecture

What They’re Looking For

  • Strong professional experience with C++ or Rust
  • Distributed systems or large-scale systems experience
  • Strong CS and software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience with performance-sensitive or systems-level engineering
  • Platform, infrastructure, HPC, or backend engineering experience
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys technically challenging systems work and wants to have significant ownership over foundational engineering problems.

Vacancy posted 9 days ago
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