C++ Developer || Chicago, IL - onsite || Contract

Senior C++ Developer

Location: Chicago, IL - Onsite

Duration: 6 -12 Months

Qualifications
- At least 8 years of professional experience with significant exposure to large complex projects with cross functional teams.
- Strong Experience in developing secure, low-latency enterprise level applications in Linux environment using C (including C1417), Boost and STL libraries.
- Experience in working with cloud technologies, especially on Azure ecosystem would be highly preferred.
- Experience in developing highly secure code by following guidelines like OWASP, NIST would be strongly desirable.
- Solid background in relational/document-based databases.
- Experience in developing high performing RESTful web services with database connectivity.
- Experience in working with scripting languages -Bash, Python and the like.
- Exposure to C unit testing frameworks would be desirable.


Tasks / responsibilities
- Develop and maintain massive existing C codebase pertaining to Security Development Team.
- Building and maintaining reusable C components/libraries for future use.
- Responsible for efficiently working with other teams in the organization to help them upgrade to latest client-side libraries in our quest to modernize the C stack.


Secondary Skills
- Highly motivated, self-directed and possesses solid execution skills.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and probes beyond the surface of the requested data to get at the valuable (actionable) information.
- Able to understand complex technical concepts quickly.
- Detail oriented but understands broader impacts of requests.
- Adjusts quickly to changing priorities as necessary.
- Manages multiple tasks and deliverables simultaneously and in an organized and results-oriented manner.
- Strives to proactively identify and address areas where business process efficiency and effectiveness improvements would make a positive impact on the top and bottom lines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Possesses a strong analytical, quantitative and objective outlook.
- Excellent people skills are also necessary since this position interacts with all levels of resources across the entire organization.