Lead Backend Engineer (CC++)

Integrant is a leading software development company partnering with innovative US-based clients to build high-quality software solutions across various industries. We foster a collaborative growth-oriented environment where engineers work directly with international clients influence technical decisions and contribute to impactful products.

We are seeking a Lead Backend Engineer (C/C) to join our growing engineering team. This role is ideal for a highly skilled software engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges designing scalable backend systems and contributing to architecture decisions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and international stakeholders.

As a Principal Backend Engineer you will play a key role in designing developing optimizing and maintaining high-performance backend applications and services using modern C/C technologies. You will be expected to demonstrate strong technical ownership mentor team members and contribute to engineering excellence across projects.

• Design develop test and maintain high-performance backend applications using C and C.
• Build scalable reliable and maintainable software solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Develop reusable components libraries and frameworks to improve development efficiency.
• Participate in system architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
• Optimize system performance memory usage and application responsiveness.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers.
• Review code to ensure quality maintainability and adherence to engineering standards.
• Drive best practices in software design coding standards testing and documentation.
• Contribute to technical decision-making and architecture evolution.

• Work closely with Product Owners Architects Project Leads QA Engineers and DevOps teams.
• Participate in requirements analysis and solution design sessions.
• Communicate effectively with US-based clients and stakeholders.
• Support project planning estimation and risk identification.

• Write unit tests integration tests and support automation efforts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
• Continuously evaluate and improve system reliability performance and security.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices.

• 8 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience developing backend systems using C and C.
• Proven experience building and maintaining large-scale high-performance applications.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Experience working directly with clients or distributed teams is highly preferred.

• Strong expertise in modern C (C11/14/17 and beyond).
• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures Algorithms and Software Engineering principles.
• Experience with multithreading concurrency synchronization and parallel programming.
• Experience with memory management performance tuning and debugging complex applications.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals sockets and communication protocols.
• Experience developing software on Linux environments.
• Proficiency with Git and source control best practices.

• Experience working with relational databases such as SQL Server PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Ability to mentor and influence technical teams.
• Growth mindset and continuous learning attitude.

• Experience with embedded systems real-time systems or high-performance computing environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to Python Bash scripting or other automation technologies.
• Experience in financial systems telecommunications gaming healthcare or large-scale enterprise applications.

• Salary paid in USD
• Six-month career advancing opportunities
• Supportive and friendly work environment
• Premium medical insurance employee family
• English language development courses
• Interest-free loans paid over 2.5 years
• Technical development courses
• Employment referral program
• Premium location in Maadi
• Social insurance

Required Experience:

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