Senior C++ Engineer Desktop Applications

Senior C Engineer Desktop Applications

Role requirements brief

Context

We are looking for an experienced C freelancer to work on the desktop products Albis

Medistar and Turbomed. The codebase is a long-lived mixed Qt estate built with CMake

Conan and MSVC with embedded CEF and legacy components in MFC ATL Win32 and

Delphi. The work centers on performance stability and the gradual modernization of these

products.

Scope of Work

Develop and maintain C components for the desktop applications with priority on

performance stability and scalability.

Design and implement multithreading and parallelization for safe efficient concurrent

execution that meets the responsiveness needs of clinical users.

Analyze the existing code locate performance bottlenecks and improve the runtime

behavior of the products.

Work with the Architecture QA and Product Management teams to deliver maintainable

high-quality solutions.

Support the migration of legacy MFC ATL Win32 and Delphi components toward

modern C and .

Use AI coding agents (for example Claude Code) in daily work to speed up refactoring

code analysis and legacy modernization and contribute to the teams shared agents

skills and prompt templates.

Must-Have Skills

Several years of senior C development preferably in high-performance heavily

parallelized desktop systems.

Strong command of modern C (C14/17/20) multithreading and concurrency

models debugging and performance tuning.

Hands-on experience with CMake Conan and MSVC and with integrating components

such as CEF and Qt.

Structured analytical working style with high quality standards.

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience with Claude Code or similar agentic coding tools (building agents

skills workflows); familiarity with AI pipelines harnesses and context engineering.

Background in regulated or healthcare software.

A degree in computer science mathematics physics electrical engineering or a

comparable technical field (relevant experience can substitute).

Languages

Fluent English required. Good German is an advantage.

Engagement Details

Candidate is required to work in EMEA time zone.

Workload: full-time.

Required Experience:

Senior IC