Job description

Do you love solving problems, collaborating with dedicated colleagues, and changing the world for the better? Our development team is growing and we’re looking for a Windows C# Software Engineer to help us build our suite of award-winning solutions.  

Our software engineers aren’t just coders, they’re problem-solvers who work closely with QA, product, and other departments to find out-of-the-box solutions to the challenges our customers face. This position will focus on Windows Desktop Application development and have the opportunity to lead improvements to them, as well as the installers used to deploy to our customer’s computers.

 As a member of our team, you’ll be responsible for: 

Developing, debugging, and maintaining complex software on the Windows platform 
Designing software to meet customer requirements
Working in a standalone and/or team environment
Integrating code into large scale projects
Writing unit and system tests
Writing software documentation
Communicating with stakeholders

ABOUT YOU  
Required work experience: 

Extensive experience developing software with Visual Studio in C++ and C# 
3+ years of professional software development experience 
3+ years of experience writing in: C++, C# 
PowerShell scripting experience

 Preferred work experience: 

Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment 
Undergraduate degree in a related technical field 
Stack and heap memory allocation
Synchronized access to data structures in multi-threaded environments using events, mutexes, and interlocked hardware instructions
Reference counting of data structures and resources
Windows objects including processes, threads, security tokens, shared memory, events, timers, registry keys, files, and directories
Windows security including Security Descriptors, Access Control Lists (ACLs), Access Rights (generic, standard, and object specific), privileges, Security IDs (SIDs)
Windows crash dump post-mortem analysis
Common Language Run-time (CLR)

Bonus work experience: 

Windows device driver development
Interrupt Request Levels (IRQLs)
Memory (paged and non-paged) access at arbitrary IRQLs
I/O Control Codes (IOCTLs)
Kernel Debugging using WinDbg and Virtual Machines
Windows Kernel Mode (Native) APIs (ZwXxx and NtXxx functions)
Intel 386 assembly language
Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) kernel API
Windows Management Interface (WMI)
Windows File System Filtering
Windows Registry Filtering

An ideal candidate will also possess a demonstrated in-depth understanding of the  following: 

Win32 APIs 
Windows Runtime Library (WRL) APIs 
Windows Common Object Model (COM)
Windows Services
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs)
Microsoft Installer (MSI) database files
Windows Installer custom actions
Windows Sockets (WinSock) network programming
HTTP Protocol and REST APIs

NOTE: Sponsorship is not available for this position.

ABOUT US

With more than 25 years of serving education, Lightspeed Systems delivers the most in-depth visibility and control to power exceptional schools where students are safe and engaged; technology is compliant and easily managed; and resources are secure and optimized. Purpose-built for school networks and devices, Lightspeed’s cloud-managed solutions include the most effective web filtering, student safety monitoring, classroom management, device management, and data analytics software available. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a European office in London, UK, Lightspeed serves over 23 million students across 31,000 schools in 43 countries, utilizing 15 million devices. Learn more at www.lightspeedsystems.com.

We love our employees, and we show it. A sneak peek into our BENEFITS & PERKS include:

Health-- Medical, dental and vision insurance with healthy company contribution toward premiums. Lightspeed kicks cash into your HSA if you participate in our HDHP.
Wellness-- Paid parental leave. Healthy holiday and PTO policy, including Christmas to New Year’s Day break.
Retirement-- 401(k) matching up to 6%
Other -- Work from where it makes sense. Pet insurance.

ABOUT OUR ATX HQ

If “work from where it makes sense” includes being onsite for you some or all the time, you will LOVE being at the ranch. Our uniquely Lightspeed (and totally Texas) corporate headquarters has everything Lightspeeders need to get the job done – and a whole lot more.

15,000 sq. ft. of open work area, offices, and huddle rooms
Snacks galore and a private chef serving up lunch Tuesday through Thursday every week
A state-of-the-art fitness center (with outfitted locker rooms)
Physical therapist onsite regularly
Indoor and outdoor casual collaboration spots
Pet-friendly office environment
A golf simulator, go-carts, shuffleboard, corn hole, and MORE fun

All within 31 sprawling acres of Live Oak trees that foster a natural habitat for local wildlife. It is not uncommon to be greeted daily by whitetail deer. (Maybe it wants to join your meeting?)

Lightspeed Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, or other protected characteristic.

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