Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

What Do We Do Our product gives IT managers insight into how their users are experiencing Wi-Fi, network, and application performance, and helps them fix problems before users complain. Other performance tools are complex and intimidating, built by network engineers for network engineers; ours is beautiful and simple, and our customers love it. Our sensor hardware is a delight to   install,   and our software is easy and fun to use. Our product is used in offices, universities, banks, hotels, airports, stadiums, retail stores, and more - every business with Wi-Fi is a potential customer that we can help.     We design all our own hardware and software in Cape Town.   Our software systems are built entirely in-house using Python, React, Rust, Postgres,   ClickHouse , a variety   of AWS services, and other technologies.   We are truly a full stack company, with   a great set   of technical challenges to work on.     What the Role Entails   You will be developing and   maintaining   a   primarily   Rust   codebase (with some Typescript)   that runs on or close to the end-users’ devices managed by our customers. The software is written to be cross-platform and cross-product compatible, allowing us to run the same core code as a desktop agent in the taskbar with a UI and as a Linux service on the access points in the network. The role will also involve integration with our ever-evolving cloud services and developing and improving methods of testing and ensuring code safety and stability for deployment to vast fleets of remote devices across different execution environments.

Design and develop new features and enhancements for the software agent .   Write and execute complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for architecture in a cross-platform environment.   Provide guidance and mentoring to less   experienced staff members.     Education and E xperience R equired   Bachelor ’ s or   Master ’ s   degree in Computer Science , Information Systems or equivalent.     Knowledge and Skills   Practical experience programming in   Rust or C/C++   Enjoys developing clearly written, robust, and careful architected code   G ood understanding of basic computer networking (any knowledge of TCP/IP is a huge bonus )  .   Experience in developing   applications that run natively on a PC.   Excellent written and verbal communication skills.   Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.   Beneficial but not essential:   Platform specific development:   Windows   macOS   Linux   Stretch goal, Android/iOS   Asynchronous runtimes   Application distribution   #Southafrica #Networking What We Can Offer You: Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing. Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether