Senior C++ Developer

"Solutions that save time, money and lives" - for real customers, in 40+ countries.

The code you write keeps essential services running. You'll be working in C++ on SCADA and control system interfaces used by electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing operators around the world - a mature codebase in active release, in a small team where what you build ships.

Catapult Software is a New Zealand software export success story. Since 1991, we have helped electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing clients around the world manage essential services and equipment. Today, we are a key integration partner with Velotic - the global industrial software leader, previously GE - extending and optimising SCADA systems for its core products.

What you'll do

• Build SCADA and control system UI applications for export
• Work with system engineers and frontend developers to extend shared platforms
• Write code to our standards, with testing and refactoring built in
• Work to Agile and CI practice, building for security and scalability
• Build features such as web services and queries over existing data
• Work on core data structures, algorithms, and application performance
• Peer code reviews, work with other software developers in a small team

To apply, you must:

• Be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident
• 8+ years of C++ development on legacy codebases in active product releases
• Strong C++ (C++20, boost asio)
• Excellent written and spoken English

You'll also bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Up-to-date on technology trends, keen to experiment and bring new ideas
• Multithreading and concurrency, with strong debugging and profiling skills
• Experience building reusable, testable, responsive Angular/React components
• Publishing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience porting legacy C++ and toolkits from 32-bit to 64-bit (Ideal!)
• Understands a problem before solving it, provides estimates, and owns delivery
• Adaptable to changing requirements, with an eye for customer value
• Hands-on experience with VC++, MFC, and COM (useful)
• Industrial protocols - OPC UA / Modbus / DNP3 / IEC 61850
• Visual Studio, Git, SVN, NuGet, npm, yarn, Jira, Jenkins, and C#

What's in it for you

• Work on products that manage essential services for millions of people
• Be part of an enduring, successful, progressive, and relevant business
• A small, tight-knit and diverse team - with cake!
• Flexible working and a smart-casual dress code
• An office in the heart of Takapuna, by the beach, with parking

Tell us your story - Join us in this exciting new chapter.

Apply with your CV and a covering letter. Catapult is an equal opportunity employer.

If you think you have what it takes, send us your CV and a Cover Letter (or a short video) showing us how you've grown a product and brand's market share in New Zealand or internationally. Catapult is an equal opportunity employer.