Senior C++ Network Protocol Engineer

EgyBell is hiring a Senior C++ Engineer (network Protocol background) for a multinational telecommunications company located in Maadi. About the role: Hands-on C/C++ (C++14 minimum) - proven experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems: packet processing, real-time protocol state machines, or embedded network applications. Python scripting for tooling, test automation, and operational scripts. Strong mastery of memory management, lock-free data structures, CPU cache optimization, and production profiling tools (perf, valgrind, sanitizers) - applies to the C++ core. Experience with CMake build systems and Conan package management. Experience running and debugging C++ services inside Docker containers. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, specifically Atlassian Bamboo (plan specs, agent management, build pipelines), Docker multi-stage image builds, and image registries (Artifactory). Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible (roles, playbooks, collections) and/or Terraform, including automating RHEL VM provisioning and cluster bootstrapping. Hands-on experience with Napatech (or comparable SmartNIC) packet capture hardware — capture card APIs and driver-level tuning for line-rate capture. Unit and integration testing for microservices and infrastructure-as-code, including contract testing for service boundaries. Ability to translate technical specifications and requirements documents into robust, production-ready implementations. Uses AI assistants (Claude, Copilot, or equivalent) for code generation, test writing, Ansible playbook/Docker Compose YAML authoring, and documentation. Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 6–8 years as a Senior C++ Engineer is a Must Fluency in English is a Must Exposure to telecom/network protocol domain work is a Must — session/call correlation, TDR generation, per-protocol state machines (e.g. S1, GTP, Diameter, SIP etc.). Experience with mobile core network signaling protocols across 2G/3G/4G (SS7/MAP, Diameter, GTP-C/GTP-U). is a Must Familiarity with C++ serialisation libraries (MessagePack, Protobuf, Avro) and C++ build artefacts (static/dynamic libraries, compiler flags, sanitizers, link-time errors). Experience integrating C++ applications into Docker multi-stage builds. Systematic problem-solver who traces issues across the full stack Strong ownership and accountability Collaborative team player who communicates clearly across engineering, DevOps, and platform boundaries Disciplined about code and configuration quality Self-motivated and proactive Show more Show less