C/C++ Software Engineer - Data Recovery Tools

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DriveSavers Data Recovery

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Cybersecurity • Data Recovery • SaaS

DriveSavers Data Recovery is a leading provider of data recovery services, specializing in the recovery of essential data from various digital storage devices. With over 40 years of experience, they support a wide range of clients, including individual consumers and large enterprises, by recovering data from hard drives, SSDs, smartphones, RAID systems, and more. DriveSavers operates a state-of-the-art ISO Class 5 Cleanroom environment to perform intricate recovery operations while ensuring data security and compliance with industry standards.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1985

🔒 Cybersecurity

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• DriveSavers is seeking an experienced software engineer with expertise in C/C++ and familiarity with storage technologies to help enhance our data recovery toolset. • This is a highly technical, hands-on position focused on analyzing proprietary storage and backup formats, and developing robust recovery tools to retrieve critical customer data from damaged or inaccessible systems. • Analyze proprietary on-disk formats and metadata to identify recovery strategies across all layers of the storage stack. • Design and implement libraries and applications in C/C++ (or other suitable languages) for parsing, reconstructing and extracting data from a variety of storage systems, file system and backup applications. • Collaborate with engineering teams to validate tool output and improve recovery workflows. • Contribute to build system and automation infrastructure by integrating tools with source control, CI pipelines, and dependency managers (e.g., Git, GitHub Actions, Conan).

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in C/C++, with a focus on systems-level and performance-critical development • Experience with binary data formats, storage technologies and file system internals • Familiarity with backup solutions and technologies • Familiarity with compression and encryption algorithms and implementations • Bonus: Experience in static and dynamic binary analysis, malware analysis, or digital forensics (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra) • Bonus: Working knowledge of Python or Rust for scripting and prototyping