Senior Software Engineer
At Fortra, we’re breaking the attack chain. Ready to join us?

This position is responsible for enhancing and maintaining existing software products as well as developing new products. The ideal candidate has a robust desire for excellence, confidence in their expertise, and is a creative problem solver.

What You’ll Do

Design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing software systems and/or applications for market sale or large-scale proprietary software for internal use.

Work with the Product Managers to outline features for the product roadmaps.

Work with different teams and products to understand requirements and design solutions.

Identify and evaluate current technologies for implementation.

Consult with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs.

Work within R&D; to improve processes and best practices

Innovate process solutions

Create or align best practices

Enforcement of standards

Serve as technical expert on development projects.

Participate in full development life cycle including requirements analysis and design.

Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.

Work without supervision on the most complex projects.

Complete latitude for independent judgment.

Assist and mentor less experienced peers.

Actively participate or take the lead in all Agile ceremonies.

Strong C/C++ programming experience in the Windows OS environment

Strong design experience building Windows applications especially network related Windows applications.





Experience working with Windows kernel and Windows services in user mode

Prior experience working with WFP, NDIS drivers on Windows

Very good hands‑on understanding of networking concepts – TCP/IP, UDP, IPSec, VPN, SSL/TLS, Routing, tunnelling etc

Hands on experience debugging BSODs and network related issues on Windows

Strong expertise with data structures and algorithms

Nice to have

Good understanding of C# programming.

Working with Windows installer technologies like Wix

Understanding of Jenkins jobs/pipelines

Qualifications

Typically requires 15 or more years of experience.

Proven previous experience at the Senior Software Engineer role.

Superior working knowledge of Agile Project development methodology and the ability to implement those methodologies in active projects.

Proven experience and knowledge of the relevant programming language requirements for this role and the ability to share that knowledge with team members.

Proven leadership as a project leader or as a subject matter expert.

Coordinate project activities of co-located and remote team members.

Clear and concise communication skills (verbal and written)

Presentation and mentoring skills

Visit our website to learn more about why employees choose to work for Fortra.

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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