Senior Backend C++ Developer

Responsibilities:Develop high-volume, low-latency programs for mission-critical systems, delivering highavailability and performance.Be involved in the design process of programs, working closely with architects.Assist with change management, capacity planning and emergency response as an expert in the runtime environment and business logic behavior.Give input and contribute to monitoring & alerting requirements and implementation.Prepare and perform releases of software components.Help develop & maintain your team's CI/CD needs.Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative technologies and presenting these for architectural review.Serve as mentor/coach to more junior team members. Positively impact the team skills by imparting your wealth of knowledge to the team and learning along the way.Translate non-technical and technical requirements to appropriate audiences.Requirements:5+ years of C++ development experience, strong interest in problem-solving, stronganalytical skills & independence.Good understanding of toolchains: compiler, debugging principals, including analyzing performance problems and findingGood understanding of common design patterns & architecture in OO softwaretechnologies.Understanding of building and deploying large-scale systems.Knowledge of cryptography (symmetric, asymmetric) and security practices.Experience in developing highly scalable REST microservices.Know data serialization RPC.Experience in embedded systems.Strong understanding of core C++, optimization opportunities.Distributed computing: Load balancing, Caching, CAP theorem.Experience with managing high-load performance applications: monitoring on all layers from CPU to application metrics.Understanding of common design patterns.Beneficial requirements:Hands-on Linux experience.Command line tools (GCC, GDB, Make).Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols.Knowledge of communication with external hardware (Ethernet, serial, etc.)Experience with monitoring & logging technologies (Wazuh,s plunk, New Relic...)Experience with infrastructure technologies (AWS, k8s, Terraform, Docker...)BS/MS degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.Location:AbujaNote:This is an onsite role and the potential candidate will be required to work onsite only