Senior C++ Developer at Watershed Consulting

Key Performance Areas

• A technical job concerned with software programming in C/C++ developing & maintaining

• visual & non-visual/service applications.

• Conceive, design, and test logical structures for solving problems by computer.

• Analysis of relevant standards.

• Understand project/product requirements from a technical perspective

• Produce and review baseline documentation that collectively defines the solution.

• Review requirements, specifications related to the proposed solution.

• Follow the software development plan

• Write, test, and maintain the detailed instructions, called programs that computers must

• follow to perform their functions.

• Write programs according to the specifications determined primarily by computer software

• engineers and systems analysts.

• Code detailed designs from design specifications, according to best practices and software

• coding standard.

• Perform the testing and debugging.

• Produce test code (unit tests) to drive all functionality, including error paths

• Ongoing support throughout the lifecycle of the product (or until the support responsibility has

• been re-allocated), to all departments and customers as and when required.

• Update, repair, modify and expand existing programs

• Build, test and implement the software solution, including any amount of coding that may be necessary. A small project may require an end to end detail involvement.

• Be thoroughly familiar with company standards and procedures.

• Maintain all development documentation under configuration and source control as per company standards (incl. Source, documentation, assembly drawings, etc.)

• Ensure completion of deliverables by prescribed milestones, with proactive feedback.

• Continual feedback from/to spec and throughout the process

• Configuration management of data: know the documentation requirements for the project product.

• Ensure the documentation is completed according to the best practices guidelines and the content is adequate and appropriate

• Produce test code (unit tests) to drive all functionality, including error paths

• Project Execution

• Participate in the project definition and project planning giving detailed inputs in Statements of Work to the project manager as and when requested.

• Test, integrate and even maintain the software as it may be required at any particular time.

• Ongoing support throughout the lifecycle of the product (or until the support responsibility has been re-allocated), to all departments and customers as and when required.

• 24 Hour standby

 Qualifications 

• Relevant degree in the engineering field or a proven in-house track record

• through an engineering career.

Experience 

• More than 2 years experience as a Programmer

Specialist Skills required 

• Software design

• Software language exposure: Primarily C/C++ experience

• TCP/IP communication

• Knowledge of records/structures and binary data storage

• Knowledge of binary & hexadecimal numeral systems. i.e. understanding of binary data (bits & bytes)

• Development of DLL’s & dll interfacing a plus.

• Databases (Basic SQL)

• Office tools

The successful applicant must have:

• Appropriate technical domain

• Be familiar with Systems Concepts and Standards.

• Software Engineering

• Computing Systems Design

• Computer Programming

• Technical Documentation

• Knowledge of Quality Assurance techniques,

• Be familiar with company policies and procedures relating to software development.

• Develop an understanding of the complete testing life cycle, including developing test cases

• and test plans.