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System Software Engineer, Washington, D.C. area

A challenging position in computer software engineering. We are looking for an innovative software engineer who will drive all aspects of the software development lifecycle: requirements, design, development, test, and release to customer success.

Must have a minimum of a BSCS and 3 years of full-time experience in computer software engineering.

The candidates for this position should be able to perform the following duties:

• Develop innovative software in small teams using cutting-edge technologies;
• Develop cross-platform software for UNIX/Linux and MS Windows;
• Perform monitoring and performance tuning;
• Collaborate with program managers and prospects to gather and define requirements;
• Deliver projects on-time and to specification with an appropriate level of quality;
• Develop automated functional tests;
• Collaborate with technical writers to create customer-relevant documentation;
• Experience with C/C++ and multithreaded applications;
• Networking and distributed computing;
• Inter Process Communication;
• Dynamic linking and loading;
• Utilize debugging tools such as gdb, strace, valgrind, totalview, etc.;
• Experience with version control tools like CVS and SVN;
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge of the following operating systems and platforms: