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C++ Software Engineer - Remote Desktop Software

published at 26.05.2021 15:01

Location: Toronto, Canada

Company: Softdrive

Relocation Level: none

Remote support for this position: yes

Company

Softdrive is a VC-backed, very early stage startup in Toronto putting the PC into the cloud.

We stream a high power PC to any device, turning any screen into a powerful workstation.

Job Description

Softdrive is looking for a driven C++ software engineer to build the world’s best remote desktop software.

Softdrive’s custom UDP-based remote desktop software aims to make the experience of controlling a remote computer essentially indistinguishable from having it right in front of you. We’re achieving this through ultra-low latency in the range of 10-40 ms, support for over 144 FPS, crisp visual quality with high bitrate encoding and HDR support, all while supporting up to 4 monitors.

Qualifications

• C++, including C++17 and C++20
• Advanced programming concepts such as multithreading, pipelining, performance analysis.
• Windows development: Visual Studio, Win32

Nice to Have

• Video encoding: FFmpeg, Intel MFX, AMD AMF, Nvidia NVENC/NVDEC.
• Security
• OS APIs: desktop duplication, mouse/keyboard capture, clipboard manipulation, etc.
• Device drivers

Working at Softdrive

As an early employee at a startup, you'll be able to grow with us and shape the future of our company and industry. This position is an opportunity to work on critical, high-performance code at the center of the PC of the future. Softdrive uses C++ best practices, bleeding edge C++ revisions/standards, with linting and static analysis. We’re aiming to build a code base we love and to push ourselves to learn and grow as engineers.

Apply here.