Position: Senior C++ Developer – Permanent or Contract

Position: Senior C++ Developer – Permanent or Contract

Responsibilities
This individual will report to the Application Development Manager and will:

• Assist with the inception of projects
• Assist in the gathering of estimates & work breakdown information
• Participate in the design of system architecture
• Design, review, correct & implement software solutions related to C++
• Assist in the establishment and enforcement of best practices
• Work with other principal developers to coordinate delivery and support stated quality standards
• Follow very structured governance policies – within an agile environment

Requirements

Skills & Attributes

• Very strong analytical and troubleshooting skills and a solid understanding of structured programming, object oriented design and service oriented architecture
• 8 years minimum of very strong expertise in C++ from MFC to COM & ATL on the Windows platform
• Strong understanding of application performance and run time behaviour with native and unmanaged code on the windows platform
• Grand master knowledge level of the full software development life cycle from requirements gathering to post-implementation production support, including quality assurance, system integration
• Consistent team player, with an innate desire to share expertise
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently, coordinating activities within cross-divisional and cross-functional teams
• Very good Visual Studio skills (from 6.0 to 2010, knowledge of Team Foundation Server knowledge would be beneficial)
• Grand master C++ troubleshooting capabilities on windows with expert knowledge of crash dump analysis, memory and threading issue troubleshooting
• expert level in designing applications for unmanaged/native environments will be required to demonstrate troubleshooting tools knowledge with one of the following during the interview:
• windbg
• SoS
• Debuglive
• Fluent using SPARX Enterprise Architect is a plus

Education/Experience

• Bachelor degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field or mechanical engineering
• At least 8 years of experience in Windows programming in C++ (COM, MFC & ATL)
• At least 2 years of experience delivering professional software in the mechanical engineering field
• Other programming language experience a definite advantage
• Expert database programming experience on Oracle or MS SQL server a huge plus
• Experience in manufacturing and/or mechanical engineering a plus

Human Resources
S. A. Armstrong Limited
23 Bertrand Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M1L 2P3
Fax: (416) 759-9101
E-mail: hrcanada@armlink.com

Only selected candidates who match our requirements and who are currently eligible to work in Canada will be contacted for an interview.

We thank everyone who applies to Armstrong.