C++ Engineer

Nexthink, Inc

Bengaluru, India

5d ago

Company Description

Hi, we’re Nexthink. We’re not just the leader in the digital employee experience category, we invented the category. Our solutions combine real-time analytics, automation and employee feedback across all endpoints to help IT teams delight people at work.

Our cloud-native platform pinpoints issues and solutions, automates response, and helps companies continuously improve their employees’ experience, making them more productive, efficient, and happy at work.

We have millions of endpoints deployed, we’ve surpassed $100M in ARR, and we’ve recently secured $180M in Series D financing for a company valuation of $1.

1B, but we’re just getting started.

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Engineer for developing our in-memory time series database that is at the core of our technology stack.

The position entails a high level of responsibility within the R&D team. Your contribution will have a significant impact on the satisfaction of hundreds of our customers.

You are highly motivated and result-driven, you are able to work as part of a team, constantly learning and enhancing your skills and you are open to feedback.

You like being accountable and have a high sense of product ownership. If it’s the case then no need to look elsewhere, you reach the right place!

Your main duty will be the development of new exciting features on our time series database which has to compute complex queries over the data collected from a hundred thousand endpoints during months period in a matter of seconds.

There are many algorithms and optimizations which still must be done or can be improved : you can expect to work in a constantly challenging environment.

We take very seriously the quality of our solution, and therefore the candidate shall expect to write many units, functional, and performance tests.

The core functionality of the component is implemented in C++ and we use the most recent version of the C++ standard. Most of the functional testing is done in Python, so you will need to use Python on daily basis.

Responsibilities :

Design, implement and improve complex algorithms and functionality for our time-series database

Ensure high quality of the product by writing unit, functional, and performance tests

Perform code reviews

Help QA teammates in their day to day job to solve the issues raised by our dear Level 3 support

Participate in the product release delivery process

Participate in agile activities (e.g., standups, sprint planning, grooming)

Qualifications

Mid to Senior profiles with experience in C++ development

BSc in Computer Science (or equivalent)

C++ proficiency

Understanding of most common data structures and algorithms

High motivation for designing new algorithms and data structures

Understanding on how to write performant and maintainable code

Good understanding of multi-threaded environment

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Professional-level English spoken and written

Would be a plus :

Idiomatic Python skills

Excellent knowledge of programming in GNU / Linux environment

Network Protocol knowledge : TCP, UDP, ZMQ, gRCP

C++17 knowledge

Additional Information

We are 800+ employees strong in 21 countries across 8 different time zones speaking 60+ languages. We are positive, we get things done, we keep growing, and we are one team, we are Nexthink.

We believe actions are stronger than words when it comes to diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace. Nexthinkers are multinational and multilingual, and come from all walks of life.

We are committed to hiring a genuinely representative workforce that can create solutions and foster innovation for the modern digital employee experience.

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