Principal Software Engineer (RHA)

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Job Summary

The candidate for this position will be responsible for developing and maintaining cross-platform system and networking components (Linux/Unix and Windows) for Arcserve s flagship High Availability and Disaster Recovery product.

The role involves building high-performance replication and failover mechanisms operating at the filesystem, network, and OS levels.

This position requires exceptional C/C++ skills and a strong understanding of OS internals, networking, and concurrent systems. The candidate must have extensive, proven experience developing cross-platform system and networking codebases.

The candidate will join a distributed Agile team and work on the implementation of new product features and platform certifications. Responsibilities will also include research and proof-of-concept (POC) activities, performance analysis and optimization, as well as investigating and resolving complex customer issues.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor s degree and 15 years of professional work experience (or a master s degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

10+ years of continuous hands-on experience with cross-platform development using C/C++, with strong familiarity with development toolchains and OS internals on both Windows and Linux.

Strong proficiency with object-oriented programming, algorithms, design patterns, and data structures.

Extensive experience developing system-level and networking software.

Strong experience with multithreaded and concurrent system design, including synchronization primitives and performance considerations.

Experience with low-level networking and socket programming (TCP/IP).

Experience with POSIX APIs and Linux system programming, as well as Windows system APIs (Win32).

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills using tools such as gdb, lldb, perf, or Windows debugging tools.

Programming experience with at least one popular database system (e.g., MSSQL, SQLite, MySQL, Oracle).

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing kernel-mode drivers or low-level OS components (Linux kernel modules or Windows drivers).

Experience with filesystem or block-level replication technologies.

Experience in storage, backup, disaster recovery, or virtualization platforms.

Experience with high-performance networking systems or distributed systems.

Experience diagnosing and optimizing performance issues in large-scale system software.

Experience working with large C++ codebases and maintaining complex cross-platform systems.

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