Software Engineer Distributed Systems/Software Engineer C++ Boost & ST

Westhouse is actively searching for a Software Engineer for a demanding project. The Software Engineer will be working in an environment that uses state of the art technology. After finalization of the project (in about 6-8) months, it is possible to extend the contract with the client for 6 or 12 months. Most contractors work for 2 - 3 years at our client.

Our client is building a next generation web service for content identification based on fingerprinting technology. This platform consists of several 10's of nodes and needs to auto scale at run-time, be extremely robust and resilient for failure. Our client builds different applications on top of this platform like TV/tablet synchronization and video fingerprint based broadcast monitoring.

We are looking for an engineer (f/m) who can:
Develop and maintain the distributed platform with a focus on the core: the search worker doing the actual matching of unknown fingerprints against the reference fingerprints.
Develop and maintain the remote monitoring functionality
Work with our research department on new distributed search strategies

Education, experience, skills & abilities
Master degree in Computer Science or closely related field
Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development
Fluent in English speech and writing
Experience with agile development and working in self organizing teams
Feels strong responsibility and ownership of software and it's quality
Available full time in the Eindhoven office

Proven experience in the following areas:
o C++, Boost and STL
o Algorithms and data structures
o Writing code in a test driven approach
o Linux platform and admin/config
o Distributed systems and high traffic web services
o The web and it's protocols and formats (HTTP, JSON)
o Writing code in a test driven approach
o Plus: Python