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# Senior C++ Software Engineer (Legacy)

- **Company:** SoftServe, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Software Applications, Application Performance Management, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Software Debugging, Memory Management, Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM), Windows Servers, Object-Oriented Software Development, Oracle Databases, Qt (Software), Standard Sql, Software Engineering, SQL Injection, System Programming, Codebase
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pelb5k96ka

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience with C++, including mature or legacy C++ codebases
 * Strong knowledge of low-level programming, pointers and pointer arithmetic, manual memory management, bounds checking, and memory safety
 * Experience preventing or remediating buffer overflows, memory corruption, unsafe input handling, and similar native-code vulnerabilities
 * Experience with threading/multithreading; the product is mostly single-threaded but contains threaded components
 * Good understanding of object-oriented programming concepts
 * Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
 * Experience with Qt or similar desktop GUI frameworks is an advantage
 * Experience with Windows / Windows Server-based desktop or on-premises products is an advantage
 * Good SQL knowledge and understanding of secure database access; Oracle Database experience is an advantage
 * Experience with ISAM or other legacy data-storage technologies is an advantage
 * Experience with secure software development and remediation of documented security findings is strongly preferred
 * Ability to collaborate closely with architects, QA engineers, security experts, and existing product developers

## Description

In this role, you will join a team responsible for developing and modernizing a portfolio of established healthcare desktop applications. As a Senior C++ Engineer, you will improve application performance, stability, and maintainability while contributing to the modernization of a large and complex codebase. You will collaborate closely with Architecture, QA, and Product teams to deliver high-quality solutions that support healthcare professionals in their daily work., * Analyze assigned security requirements and security findings

 * Implement security-related changes in the healthcare product
 * Remediate vulnerabilities such as unsafe input and length handling, buffer-overflow or memory-corruption risks, and SQL injection
 * Work safely with a large legacy C++ codebase, including pointer-based and memory-sensitive logic
 * Maintain and improve existing threading components
 * Identify technical impact and regression risks before modifying existing functionality
 * Participate in code reviews, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting
 * Continuously integrate changes into the existing product and collaborate closely with the client's developers and architects


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