Junior C++ Engineer

This role involves end‑to‑end ownership of key components of an internal storage platform, developed in a cross‑team environment. The position requires independently designing and delivering solutions in collaboration with multiple teams, integrating their requirements, and ensuring architectural consistency, quality, and long‑term maintainability of the overall system.

It’s a hybrid role for Krakow with 3 days from the office.

Responsibilities
• Design, develop and enhance features for an internal storage platform
• Maintain existing codebases, including debug, performance optimization and long-term stability improvements
• Implement new system policies to improve reliability, safety and maintainability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to review designs, propose improvements and ensure correct integration
• Write clean, well-documented and testable code that follows modern C++ best practices

Requirements
• Proficiency in Modern C++: Deep understanding of current standards, specifically C++20 and C++23
• Build Systems: Experience with build tools such as Bazel
• Version Control Systems: Proficiency in Git or Mercurial
• Testing Frameworks: Hands-on experience with testing tools like Google Test

Nice to have
• Systems Knowledge: Basic understanding of file systems
• Communication Protocols: Familiarity with data serialization and communication protocols, such as Protocol Buffers (Protobuf)

We offer
• We gather like-minded people:
• Top tech minds driving innovation in AI, cloud and digital platform modernization
• Supportive team and an agile, startup-like culture that accelerates your growth
• Hybrid work model designed for collaboration, requiring 3 days a week from the office
• Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
• We provide growth opportunities:
• Career development programs
• Thought leadership, mentoring, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certification (Anthropic, Gemini, GCP, Azure, AWS)
• English classes
• We cover it all:
• Stable pay
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount
• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
• Referral bonuses up to $2,000
• Offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, coffee and more
• Corporate, social and well-being events
• Please, note:
• We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively
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