Senior C++ Developer – Contract

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Instil

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

🔒 Cybersecurity

Consulting • Manufacturing • Cybersecurity

Instil is a technology consultancy that helps companies design, build and secure category-defining software. They provide product development and cloud-native engineering, embed cyber security practices to protect products and support compliance, and deliver AI & data services to unlock insights and automation; they also offer accelerated training for developers. Instil focuses on helping other organisations (primarily B2B technology brands) modernise digital experiences and adopt secure, data-driven engineering practices.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and maintain C++ services in a microservices-based architecture • Develop and debug software in Linux environments, including scripting and system-level programming • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define APIs, service contracts, and deployment strategies • Optimize system performance and ensure high availability in distributed systems • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks • Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions • Ensure compliance with security, quality, and performance standards • Build high-performance, scalable services for a distributed system on an embedded device

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in C++ (C++14/17/20) • Experience developing and debugging in Linux environments, including shell scripting, system calls, and process/thread management • Solid understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and service orchestration • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools, including Docker • Familiarity with inter-process communication (IPC), message queues, and gRPC • Proficiency in version control with Git and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI • Experience with other languages such as Python or Go • Strong analytical and debugging skills • Candidates can be based anywhere in the United Kingdom • Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom • UK Security Clearance or eligibility to obtain it; eligibility typically includes at least 5 years of continuous UK residency and no more than 30 consecutive days outside the UK at any one time

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote working within the United Kingdom • Contract engagement • Opportunity to work on high-performance embedded-device software • Exposure to microservices, distributed systems, CI/CD, and automated testing