Summary:

Lead the technical delivery of a customised C++ middleware solution in Singapore. You will turn customer and system requirements into a robust software architecture, run day-to-day development, and ensure the interfaces delivered are reliable, testable and maintainable. The role is hands-on and continues into development after the design phase.

Responsibilities:

Lead the design, development, integration and verification of customised C++ middleware and software interfaces.
Act as technical focal point for the software work package, coordinating tasks, priorities, estimates, risks and milestones.
Analyse customer, system, interface-control and operational requirements, and derive software requirements and acceptance criteria.
Define the middleware architecture: interface abstractions, data models, message formats, protocol handling, error handling, logging, configuration and service lifecycle.
Build C++ components for inter-system communications, data translation, protocol conversion, message routing and interface monitoring.
Resolve technical ambiguities and integration issues with customers, internal teams and third-party suppliers.
Establish software engineering practices: coding standards, branching strategy, code reviews, build management, unit testing, static analysis and version control.
Plan and supervise the work of a Junior Software Engineer, providing technical guidance, code reviews and mentoring.
Produce design documents, interface descriptions, test procedures, release notes, installation guides and technical reports.
Define and run unit, integration, system and acceptance tests, and support defect investigation and root-cause analysis.
Support installation, deployment, commissioning, customer demonstrations, site integration and post-delivery defect resolution.
Identify technical, schedule, cybersecurity, obsolescence and integration risks, and propose mitigations.
Ensure compliance with customer requirements, project processes, quality procedures and cybersecurity expectations.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Required

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
5+ years of professional software development, with substantial C++ experience (modern C++, ideally C++11 or later).
Proven delivery of production-quality C++ software for distributed, embedded, industrial, maritime, defence, communications, automation or other integration-heavy systems.
Experience designing middleware, software interfaces, communications gateways, protocol adapters or data-integration solutions.
Linux development experience: command-line troubleshooting, process/service management, file permissions, networking tools and log analysis.
Git and structured configuration management.
Debugging, profiling, automated testing and defect investigation.
Ability to interpret interface control documents, protocol specifications, data dictionaries and system requirements.
Strong written and verbal communication, including technical documentation and direct customer engagement.

Preferred

TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, serial communications, REST APIs, RPC, publish-subscribe or message-oriented middleware.
Data formats such as JSON, XML, YAML, CSV, Protocol Buffers, ASN.1 or binary message formats.
CMake, Make, Conan, vcpkg, Docker, CI/CD pipelines or automated build/test environments.
Cybersecurity practices: secure coding, authentication, access control, certificate handling, vulnerability management and audit logging.
Experience in regulated, safety-critical, high-availability, maritime, defence, industrial or customer-acceptance environments.
Prior experience technically leading a small team or mentoring junior engineers.

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead, C++ Middleware & Interfaces