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# C++ Software Engineer

- **Company:** KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd
- **Location:** Glasgow, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Software Quality, Code Review, Software Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Network Programming, Object-Oriented Software Development, Memory Leaks, TCP/IP, Strategies of Testing, Multithreading, Claude Code, Pytest, Linux Development, Integration Tests, Solid Principles, C++14, Docker
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.hiredonline.co.uk/jobs/225731836-c-software-engineer/ko2-embedded-recruitment-solutions-ltd

## About the Role

* An architectural mindset, with OOP, SOLID principles and design patterns as part of your everyday work
 * Confidence applying modern idioms to legacy code you didn't write
 * Strong code review skills. You give thorough, constructive feedback and can spot subtle logic errors and design drift
 * A solid understanding of concurrency, including writing, debugging and reasoning about multithreaded code, synchronisation and data races
 * Experience with the Linux development toolchain: CMake, GCC/Clang, gdb, and dynamic linking (RPATH, SONAME)
 * Familiarity with static and runtime analysis tools such as clang-tidy, Valgrind and sanitisers

Desirable skills

 * Experience of AI-assisted development, such as using Claude Code and directing coding agents on architectural decisions
 * Implementing algorithms from specifications, and reasoning about their efficiency and complexity
 * Network programming (TCP/IP and sockets)
 * Python, and testing frameworks such as pytest and Catch2
 * Docker and containerised build environments
 * Maintaining CI/CD pipelines

## Description

* Maintain and modernise a legacy C++ codebase, migrating it gradually to modern C++
 * Implement new cheminformatics algorithms specified by the SMEs
 * Review algorithm specifications for feasibility and clarity before implementation
 * Act as a primary code reviewer, protecting the team's architectural consistency and code quality
 * Own the test strategy for your work, covering unit and integration tests, edge cases and regression protection
 * Maintain the CMake build system and related Linux tooling
 * Mentor junior developers on clean code, architecture and design patterns
 * Work with colleagues in Glasgow, Germany and France
 * Document your implementations clearly