Senior Software Engineer - C ​/C++

Senior Software Engineer – C / C++

ARCA is currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join on a short-term contract to help support an automotive / motor sport engineering programme.

This role suits someone comfortable working close to real-time systems, networking and performance-critical software, typically found in vehicle platforms, simulation, data or control environments.

• Develop and maintain high-performance C / C++ software
• Work on concurrent, parallel and asynchronous systems
• Contribute to distributed, real-time architectures (pub / sub models, time-synchronised systems)

• Strong C / C++ development
• Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading and async programming
• Distributed systems, ideally real-time
• Layer-3 / 4 Networking Stack (IP, UDP, TCP, Multicast etc.)
• Knowledge of networking protocols : IP, UDP, TCP, Multicast
• Familiarity with PTP / NTP time synchronisation
• Linux OS
• Background in automotive, motor sport, or high-performance engineering environments highly desirable

• Outside IR35
• Remote-based
• Initial 1-month contract (extension likely for the right profile)
• Interviews before Christmas – start in the New Year

If you like to learn more about this C / C++ Software Engineer role please apply for immediate consideration.