C++ Software Developer - Algorithms

Leica Geosystems is moving the heavy construction industry into the digital age. Do you want to help us build the software that makes it possible?

Are you a Software Developer or Engineer with a curious mind and good knowledge of C++? We invite you to join our R&D team at Leica Geosystems Technology, in Stockholm, and work in an international high-tech environment.

We offer

Leica Geosystems Machine Control Division is located in Liljeholmen, Stockholm. We are a global company of great diversity with employees working across the world, hence you will collaborate with colleagues both in-house and in R&D departments in Denmark, Switzerland, and Australia, among others. We deliver state-of-the-art positioning, control, and automation technology for heavy construction projects and machinery, and our ambition is to become the world market leader. Your mission will be to maintain and develop our position through top grade software and innovative solutions.

We offer you an exciting and challenging position where you deliver key algorithms to many of our products and where you will have a considerable influence on how problems are solved and what design the team chooses. You will join the data team, a group of talented and motivated colleagues, that is working closely together to ensure that we succeed as a team. The team’s specialties include math, computational geometry, and algorithms.

Key responsibilities

In the role as Software Developer, you will be working with C++ development in different scenarios such as algorithms for geometry calculation, and you will:

· Work with object-oriented programming and software architecture

· Contribute to all aspects of the software development lifecycle from design and specification to testing and documentation

· Provide input and recommendations into technical decision making and development direction

We are looking for a talented software professional with a strong personal drive

We imagine you have a degree in engineering, math, or computer science or equivalent experience. Fluent in English is a prerequisite and fluent Swedish is an advantage.

You are skilled in modern C++ and object-oriented programming. Knowledge in any of the following will be considered an advantage, but is not a prerequisite: Mathematics in general, linear algebra, spatial databases, relational databases, surveying, GIS (Geographic Information System), DevOps.

You like to collaborate in the team as well as across the organization. You take responsibility for your work, have an eye for quality, are result-oriented, and strive to meet agreed deadlines.