Senior Systems/Software Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Senior Systems/Software Engineer at HPE developing software enhancements and new products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to influence hardware design and ensure software compatibility.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeSan Jose • California, Colorado, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $126,500 - $276,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

C++Distributed SystemsLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products
Develops software including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools
Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.
Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert.
Provides expertise and partnership to functional and technical project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.
Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best method for achieving objectives.
May provide team leadership and mentoring to others.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep understanding of modern C++
Proficient with STL, Boost, templates, and object-oriented design
Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
Experience with Systems programming with C++11 and beyond
Safe and Performant Coding
Experience with user-space development on Linux
Multithreaded Programming
Practical experience with concurrency primitives and synchronization techniques
Understanding of thread safety, race conditions, and deadlock prevention
Ability to design and debug multithreaded applications using modern C++ constructs
Practical experience using C++11/14/17 multithreading constructs
Understanding of memory management improvements like std::shared_ptr, std::unique_ptr, and move semantics
Experience using RAII principles and smart pointers to avoid memory leaks
Ability to write cache-friendly and low-latency code
Familiarity with profiling tools and performance bottleneck analysis
Familiarity with Distributed Systems design concepts
Familiarity with Algorithms/Data structures

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Wellbeing
Personal & Professional Development
Unconditional Inclusion

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++STLBoostObject-Oriented DesignC++11/14/17Safe CodingPerformance OptimizationThread SafetyRAII PrinciplesAlgorithms

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipMentoringIndependent Judgment