Senior C++ Developer

"Solutions that save time, money and lives" - for real customers, in 40+ countries.

The code you write keeps essential services running. You'll be working in C++ on SCADA and control system interfaces used by electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing operators around the world - a mature codebase in active development, in a small team where what you build ships.

Catapult Software is a New Zealand software export success story. Since 1991, we have helped electricity, water, oil & gas, and manufacturing clients around the world manage essential services and equipment. Today, we are a key integration partner with Velotic - the global industrial software leader, previously GE - extending and optimising SCADA systems for its core products.

What you'll do

• Build SCADA and control system UI applications for export

• Work with system engineers and frontend developers to extend shared platforms

• Write code to our standards, with testing and refactoring built in

• Work to Agile and CI practice, building for security and scalability

• Build features such as web services and queries over existing data

• Work on core data structures, algorithms, and application performance

• Peer code reviews, work with other software developers in a small team

To apply, you must:

• Be a New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident

• 8+ years of C++ development on legacy codebases in active product releases

• Strong C++ (C++20, Boost Asio)

• Excellent written and spoken English

You'll also bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification

• Up-to-date on technology trends, keen to experiment and bring new ideas

• Multithreading and concurrency, with strong debugging and profiling skills

• Experience building reusable, testable, responsive Angular/React components

• Publishing and consuming REST APIs

• Experience porting legacy C++ and toolkits from 32-bit to 64-bit (ideal!)

• Understands a problem before solving it, provides estimates, and owns delivery

• Adaptable to changing requirements, with an eye for customer value

• Hands-on experience with VC++, MFC, and COM (useful)

• Industrial protocols - OPC UA / Modbus / DNP3 / IEC 61850

• Visual Studio, Git, SVN, NuGet, npm, yarn, Jira, Jenkins, and C#

What's in it for you

• Work on products that manage essential services for millions of people

• Be part of an enduring, successful, progressive, and relevant business

• A small, tight-knit and diverse team - with cake!

• Flexible working and a smart-casual dress code

• An office in the heart of Takapuna, by the beach, with parking

Tell us your story - Join us in this exciting new chapter.

Apply with your CV and a Covering Letter. Catapult is an equal opportunity employer.