C++ Developer

About Toughbyte

At Toughbyte we're changing the way companies and developers find each other. By having our own platform and a distributed team of recruiters, we're able to combine automation with a highly personalized service to both candidates and companies we work with. This, together with our culture of experimentation and constant improvement and the promises we make to our clients, ensure that the candidates we work with find the job they want and the companies the talent they need as quickly as possible.

Position

Company

think-cell is the world’s leading productivity software for creating data-driven presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, enabling users to generate sophisticated charts with ease while saving substantial time (based on a study, users save as much as 70% of their time compared to using native PowerPoint functionality). think-cell also offers layout functions for automatically arranging text, graphic elements and images while scaling and aligning their content accordingly.

The software has more than a million users across 25,000+ organizations globally. think-cell is used by 8 out of the 10 top global consulting firms, 80% of the Fortune 100, the entire DAX 40, and taught at 9 of the top 10 US business schools.

Description

Tasks:

• Work largely independently and be responsible for the whole range of activities when implementing a new feature
• You should be able to look at a problem from the user's perspective and discuss abstract concepts with fellow developers
• think-cell expects each of their developers to do architecture, design, implementation, customer feedback and bug fixing, rather than splitting these activities between several people. think-cell thus puts everyone in control of their own work
• At think-cell, there are no deadlines and no scheduled meetings. A feature is ready to be released when you are convinced that you have implemented the best possible solution. Meetings take place as needed, with only the people that are actually involved being required to be present. At any time in the process, ideas, suggestions and criticism from anybody in the hierarchy is welcome and is seriously considered. Your ideas are welcome, even if they mean that think-cell has to change a lot of code to make things better
• think-cell has published several scientific articles in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics and they will encourage you to do the same. They sponsor visits to conferences and have close relationships with universities and research institutes in the U.S. and Germany

Your qualification

• Advanced C++
• A University Degree or solid work experience with C++
• A fresh and creative problem-solving approach
• Fluent English

Nice-to-have:

• Python

What we offer

• Trial period: 6 months
• Support for relocation
• Fresh bakery, fresh fruits, drinks, and snacks are available at the office every morning
• Summer as well as winter party

Additional details

Interview process:

• Intro call with Toughbyte
• Online test: usually shouldn't take more than 3-4 hours to complete. think-cell will give you a timeframe of 9 hours to submit your solution, so that you have some flexibility
• Telephone interview (1-4 hours) with CTO Arno, CEO Markus, and/or a role-related colleague. During the call, you will be assigned programming tasks in C++
• Final video interview: 2-4 hours for the interview and be prepared to solve role-related problems and some case questions