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DISHER Talent · 8 hours ago

Software Designer - Contract

Portage, MI

Contract

Hybrid

Mid Level

DISHER is looking for a contract Software Designer to support one of their customers for a 6-month contract in the Portage, MI area. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining C++ applications on a custom Linux platform, as well as integrating various libraries and troubleshooting system components.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain C++ applications running on a custom Yocto-based Linux platform

Integrate and configure Pulseaudio, spdlog, RapidJSON, and related libraries into existing or new services

Implement and debug inter-process communication using Linux sockets

Manage application configuration and persistence using the Linux filesystem and JSON-based configs

Create, configure, and troubleshoot systemd services for application components (start-up, shutdown, restart policies, logging)

Work with in-house engineers to diagnose and resolve issues on target hardware (e.g., performance, stability, resource usage)

Contribute to build and deployment workflows for Yocto images and application updates

Qualification

C++YoctoLinuxPulseaudioSpdlogRapidJSONPOSIX socketsLinux filesystem APIsSystemd services

Required

Strong modern C++ (C++11 or later) application development on Linux targets

Hands-on experience with custom Linux distributions built using Yocto or OpenEmbedded (building images, debugging target issues, integrating packages)

Comfortable developing Linux user-space applications that use Pulseaudio for audio routing and playback/capture on Linux systems

spdlog for structured, high-performance logging in C++

RapidJSON (or similar) for efficient JSON parsing/serialization in C++

POSIX/Linux sockets (TCP/UDP, basic networking, and IPC)

Linux filesystem APIs (file I/O, directory operations, permissions)

Linux service management (systemd units, logging, enabling/disabling services, service supervision)