C++ Systems Software Engineer (Kolkata)

Job Description – C++ Systems Software Engineer

Engagement Type: Short-Term Contract (3 Months) Start Date: Immediate Work Commitment: 8 Hours/Day with mandatory 4-hour overlap with PST Availability Requirement: Candidates must be fully available for this engagement and should not be working another full-time role simultaneously.

About the Role We are seeking highly skilled C/C++ Systems Software Engineers to work on advanced system-level infrastructure and tooling that powers AI-driven software engineering systems. In this role, you will work extensively with low-level system libraries, networking tools, debugging frameworks, and open-source infrastructure projects such as OpenSSL, FFmpeg, glibc, systemd, libssh2, tcpdump, zlib, and ImageMagick. You will also contribute to backend infrastructure supporting AI model training and evaluation workflows, including intelligent systems similar to SWE Bench, where AI agents assist with software maintenance, bug fixing, patch validation, and automated code repair workflows. This role is ideal for engineers with solid systems programming expertise, deep Linux internals knowledge, and hands-on experience working close to operating system and networking layers. Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and optimize high-performance system software in C/C++.
- Work with and extend open-source libraries and infrastructure components including:
- OpenSSL
- FFmpeg
- glibc
- systemd
- tcpdump
- libssh2
- zlib
- ImageMagick
- FreeRDP
- Build infrastructure and tooling to support AI model training and evaluation workflows.
- Develop systems capable of generating and validating code patches based on:
- Bug reports
- Issue descriptions
- Vulnerability IDs
- PR diffs
- Design reproducible environments for software testing and runtime validation.
- Automate assessment and validation of pull requests and generated patches.
- Analyze low-level system behavior using profiling, tracing, and debugging tools.
- Collaborate with AI engineers Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4m6sx9