C++ Software Engineer, Kobo

• We are looking for someone who is eager to take on increasing responsibility and has the potential to grow into a Team Lead within ~6 months
• Object-oriented design incorporating design principles and patterns
• Identifying and explaining trade-offs and rationale
• Converting final state designs into a sequence of smaller testable incremental steps
• Strong software development skills in C++11 (or newer), including:
• Reviewing code and providing feedback (with rationale) to improve code
• Following modern development best practices
• Experience developing graphical user interfaces in C++ using Qt or a similar library
• Experience with embedded development, preferably on Linux
• 5+ years of experience as a developer in an Agile development environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Familiar with:
• Multi-threaded applications development
• Web technologies (JavaScript/CSS/HTML/ HTTP/etc.)

Desirable

• Rakuten Kobo's eReader team is looking for an experienced C++ Software Developer with leadership aspirations to work on our range of eReader device
• You will be joining a software delivery team of ~15 to work on building and enhancing some of the top eReaders in the market
• As a member of an Agile development team:
• Design, implement, and test new functionality for Kobo eReader devices
• Propose and carry out refactoring within the codebase to improve design and quality
• Debug and fix defects found by QA and customers
• Review code for other developers on the team
• Estimate the effort for future work as an input to planning
• Collaborate within the eReader team on improvements to our processes and code base
• Share your knowledge to help grow other members on the team and in turn learn from other members on the team
• Here are some of the things we do and strongly believe in:
• We follow an Agile development process that encourages trying new things and making suggestions to enable us to continuously improve
• We’re dedicated to crafting high-quality, peer-reviewed code, and we’re continuously working on growing our automated test suite to ensure reliability and efficiency
• Every member on the team has a voice and is encouraged to contribute to planning, designing, and decision making
• QA is embedded within our development teams is involved in projects from day one, promoting a collaborative approach to quality
• We host regular learning sessions on various engineering topics hosted by members of the team