Description
Westhouse is actively searching for a Software Engineer for a demanding project. The Software Engineer will be working in an environment that uses 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 like TV/tablet synchronization.
We are looking for a Software Engineer C++ 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 its quality
- Available full time in the Brabant 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
Senior Account Manager