Description
Westhouse is actively searching for a Software Engineer for a demanding project. The Software Engineer will be working in an environment with state of the art technology.
After finalization of the project (in about 6-8) months, it is possible to extend the contract with the client for 6 or 12 months. Most contractors work for 2 - 3 years at our client.
Our client is building a next generation web service for content identification. This platform consists of several 10's of nodes and needs to auto scale at run-time, be extremely robust and resilient for failure. Our client builds different applications on top of this platform.
We are looking for an engineer who can:
Develop and maintain the distributed platform with a focus on the core: the search worker doing the actual matching of unknown fingerprints against the reference fingerprints.
Develop and maintain the remote monitoring functionality
Work with our research department on new distributed search strategies
Education, experience, skills & abilities:
Master degree in Computer Science or closely related field
Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development
Fluent in English speech and writing
Experience with agile development and working in self organizing teams
Feels strong responsibility and ownership of software and it's quality
Available full time in the Eindhoven office
Proven experience in the following areas:
C++, Boost and STL
Algorithms and data structures
Writing code in a test driven approach
Linux platform and admin/config
Distributed systems and high traffic web services
The web and it's protocols and formats (HTTP, JSON)
Writing code in a test driven approach
Plus: Python
Interested in this freelance opportunity? Then please apply with your up to date CV to be considered.
Kind regards,
Gilbert van Reekum