Senior C++ Engineer

Intertec is a trusted custom software development and technology consulting company headquartered in Munich, Germany. In one decade, we have grown to a company of 130 international employees, working with DAX and FTSE 100 companies, startups, and incubators (e.g Rocket Internet). Since our inception, we have pioneered custom solutions that have become central to our client’s business success. Our vast technology and industry expertise help our clients across multiple business domains to deliver successful and scalable products.

When joining Intertec, you enter an environment that inspires you to learn, grow, and lead by example. At Intertec, you can build a dynamic career in your field of interest, work with professionals to gain industry insight and have exposure to international projects as well as enjoy on-going learning and development opportunities.Our team loves to have a good time, express their personality, and show it off to the world. Whether we’re celebrating a birthday, gathering for a team event, or celebrating a company’s success, we take pride in doing it with a smile. Life is too short not to have fun while you work.

We are seeking an experienced Senior C++ Engineer with cloud experience to join our team and help design, develop, and deploy scalable cloud-native applications that would be a part of a huge enterprise SaaS solution. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in C++ and hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred). You will play a key role in driving technical solutions, mentoring team members, and ensuring high-quality code delivery in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable, and high-performance cross-platform native C++ modules for cloud and mobile systems, including modernizing legacy codebases to modern C++
• Optimize multi-threaded applications, low-latency operations, and memory management
• Diagnose and resolve complex software defects, race conditions, memory leaks, and performance bottlenecks
• Integrate C++ components with services provided by the Firmware Team
• Take ownership of automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for cloud-native containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Implement and enforce security best practices across all software components.
• Coach and mentor junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical leadership
• Drive standardization and automation across environments and projects
• Ensure code quality, reusability, and maintainability through engineering best practices and code reviews

• 6+ years of proven expertise in C++ development
• Mastery of modern C++ standards, memory management (RAII, smart pointers) and multi-threading
• Knowledge in the key principles of Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction and Encapsulation
• Strong command of data structures, algorithms, and computer science fundamentals.
• Strong analytical mindset to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve multi-threading or performance bottlenecks.
• Ability to evaluate code using Big O notation to ensure optimal CPU and memory usage under heavy loads
• Strong understanding of development and debugging on Linux and Windows environments
• Proficiency with build systems (CMake) and version control (Git)
• Experience in working with microservices and containerized architectures
• Conceptual understanding of cloud architectures and system design
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• A passion for coaching others and fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Nice to have

• Experience with .NET / C# and interop technologies
• Experience with solutions hosted in AKS
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code - Preferably Terraform
• Experience with IoT (Internet of Things) based systems would be a huge advantage
• Background in migrating legacy/on-prem desktop applications to modern cloud/SaaS architectures.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams