Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Location: Bedminster, NJ

Duration: 12 month+/Long Term

“ This role is about working with legacy applications , understanding how they work, and carefully moving their logic and data to modern tools, who can analyze, clean up, and migrate old software systems into new platforms. ”

Requirements

Key Technical Skills:

• C/C++:
  




• Proficient in analyzing, understanding, and refactoring complex C/C++ codebases.
  


• Experience in debugging and enhancing legacy C/C++ applications.
  


• MongoDB:
  




• Hands-on experience with schema design, data migration, and performance tuning in MongoDB.
  


• Ability to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data between legacy and modern databases.
  


• GitHub:
  




• Strong experience with Git version control, branch management, and code review workflows using GitHub.
  


• Familiarity with GitHub Actions or other CI/CD integrations.
  


• Unix Shell Scripting:
  




• Expertise in writing and maintaining robust shell scripts to automate processes, migrations, and system tasks.
  


• Experience with Unix command-line tools, including scripting for batch processing and system monitoring.
  


• grep/sed/awk:
  




• Proficient in using text processing utilities for log analysis, data extraction, and transformation within Unix environments.
  


• Python & Perl:
  




• Advanced scripting skills in Python and Perl for automation, data manipulation, and creating migration utilities.
  


• Ability to maintain and extend existing scripts as part of the transition process.
  


• Java:
  




• Solid understanding of Java for integrating with replacement services, building new components, or migrating business logic.
  


• Familiarity with Java build tools and dependency management.
  


• Jfrog (Artifactory):
  




• Experience managing binary artifacts, versioning, and repository integration using Jfrog Artifactory.
  


• Understanding of software supply chain and dependency management.
  


• Kafka/Event Hub (Event Processing):
  




• Experience designing, building, or integrating event-driven systems using Apache Kafka or Azure Event Hub.
  


• Ability to migrate or bridge event processing between legacy and new platforms.
  

Additional Skills & Responsibilities:

• Legacy Application Analysis:
  




• Ability to reverse engineer undocumented or poorly documented systems.
  


• Skilled in mapping business processes from legacy systems to new architectures.
  


• Data Migration & Validation:
  




• Plan and execute safe, reliable data migrations with thorough validation and reconciliation processes.
  


• Documentation:
  




• Create clear, concise documentation of migration steps, legacy system architecture, and new system mappings.
  


• Collaboration & Communication:
  




• Strong communication skills to work with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, QA, and operations.
  


• Problem Solving:
  




• Aptitude for troubleshooting complex system interdependencies and resolving performance or migration issues.