C++ Programmer, Washington, D.C. area, Current Job Openings, Valex LLC

Current Job Openings

C++ Programmer, Washington, D.C. area

We are looking for a talented C++ programmer to develop and maintain our indexing engine and content delivery framework. The indexing engine processes and makes searchable terabytes of rapidly growing biomedical information. The Portal System is a primary web content delivery application and handles over 10 million hits from 1 million unique users every day. Both are high-performance, multi-threaded, distributed software systems running on hundreds of Linux based servers.

Must have a minimum of a BSCS.

The candidates for this position should be able to perform the following duties:

Develop innovative software in small teams using cutting-edge technologies;
Perform monitoring and performance tuning;
Collaborate with program managers and prospects to gather and define requirements;
Deliver projects on-time and to specification with an appropriate level of quality;
Develop automated functional tests;
Collaborate with technical writers to create customer-relevant documentation;
Provide patches and upgrades to existing systems;
Prepare operating instructions and documentation of program development;
Analyze system capabilities to resolve possible issues;

Essential Skills:

C++;
Object-Oriented programming;
Multithreaded applications;
Networking;
Distributed computing;
Dynamic linking and loading;
Debugging tools: gdb, strace, valgrind, totalveiw, etc;
Experience with version control tools: CVS, SVN;
Web technologies, Web application framework;
Text indexing;
Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge of the following operating systems and platforms:

UNIX / Linux
MS Windows

Other:

Must complete a Technical Assessment;