Client is in north Austin.We’re looking for a talented Principal Engineer who is an expert in C and C++ and is passionate about learning storage related technologies that are leading a cloud data center revolution.Along with coding and working with a range of complex algorithms, you will be responsible for working with product managers, back-end engineers, and our front-end/UI team. We love engineers who are mature, lead the charge, communicate clearly with other team members, and deliver consistent value in a quality product and user experience.This position is full-time, on site.You will be working directly with our CTO and other senior engineers, in fast-paced, supportive team environment.

We are developing large data center software to meet the demanding and high-performance requirements of our customers.Your creativity and ability to execute will allow us to deliver this product to a large and rapidly expanding market.The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity work with cutting edge technologies while working as part of an exceptionally talented team.

ABOUT THE JOB

• Use the best of object-oriented and functional language techniques when building APIs/logic
• Design robust solutions to hard problems that consider scale, security, reliability and cost
• Ensure code and design quality through the execution of test plans
• Develop coding standards, methodology and repeatable processes
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of the latest techniques and patterns to provide leadership perspective on front and backend technologies and their overall impact
• Provide technical leadership at a project level
• Mentor and teach associate or junior developers

WHAT YOU NEED

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Expert in C and C++
• Experience with Linux
• System Software Programming
• Experience with firmware and device driver development
• Server hardware platform experience
• BS/MS Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• JavaScript, python scripting
• Mastery of multi-threaded design and performance issues for high performance applications
• Ability to research and implement complex algorithms, creating concrete implementations from theoretical designs
• Ability to understand existing industry implementations in open source and evaluate benefits of various approaches
• Full understanding of computer system performance, including hardware and processor features that may be leveraged for optimized implementations
• Experience with profiling and tuning system level performance issues
• Experience using Agile/scrum process to develop software systems
• Experience designing application architectures, creating project estimates, defining scope requirements, and structuring projects
• Ability to work quickly while maintaining strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong communication and organizational skills with ability to thrive in fast-paced production deadline-driven environment both internal and client facing Mastery of data structures design trade-offs, and applying complex data structures to specific problems

NICE TO HAVE

• DevOps
• Jenkins
• Storage/cloud/data center experience

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document, I-9 Form, upon hire.

At this time, Preston-Hunter does not sponsor work Visa’s, and all candidates must be eligible to be a W-2 employee working through Preston-Hunter.All offers of employment, if any, are conditioned on the provision of satisfactory proof of the individual’s right to work in the United States, as required by law.

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