Senior Software Engineer, C++ (Endpoint State & Control)

NinjaOne provides a unified IT operations platform for nearly 40,000 customers, combining endpoint management, patching, backup, and remote access. The Senior C++ Software Engineer will design and implement scalable endpoint state and control features, improve platform performance, and contribute to reliable software running across millions of endpoints. The role also involves shipping production code and collaborating cross-functionally on enterprise-level technical challenges.

Responsibilities:

• C++ Software Development: design and implement scalable features, enhance platform performance, and support critical functionality across our core product suite. Use your expertise to contribute to the development of large-scale software applications
• Committing Code and Shipping Products: be one of our most trusted engineers committing code
• Other Duties as needed

Requirements:

• • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical field
• • 7+ years of C++ development experience, with proficiency in C++ 14 or newer
• • 5+ years of Windows systems-level C++ engineering
• • Strong familiarity with windows kernel drivers
• • Experience designing or maintaining a Windows kernel-mode driver or

service that runs on production endpoints

• • Comfortable designing from first principles, this is a net-new system

with no existing internal architecture to inherit

• • Drive technical design: write architecture documents, define

subsystem contracts, work cross-functionally with server and UI engineers

• • Comfortable working on problems with sparse documentation and

undefined requirements

• • Comfortable experimenting with AI tools in development workflow
• Location - We are flexible on remote working from home, if you are located in the USA and reside in one of the following states - CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, *IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NC, NY, OR, TN, TX, VA, and WA
• This position is NOT eligible for Visa sponsorship
• *Due to operational policies, NinjaOne is unable to hire for this role within the city limits of Chicago. We will consider all qualified candidates who reside outside of the city proper or are willing to self-relocate
• • WHQL driver certification experience (strongly preferred)
• • Driver development background (minifilter, WFP)
• • macOS systems experience: Apple Endpoint Security framework
• • Linux systems experience: eBPF or kernel module development