C++ Software Development

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster.

Location: Bogota (Hybrid scheme: 2 days per week in the office)

We are looking for an experienced C++ Developer who enjoys working at a low level, focusing on performance, efficiency, and direct control over system resources. If you thrive in writing code without relying on higher-level libraries—and find satisfaction in optimizing every aspect of performance, this role is for you.

In this position, you will work on building efficient, low-overhead software solutions for both Windows and Linux environments, creating custom data structures, algorithms, and memory management solutions.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize low-level C++ code, focusing on performance and efficiency with minimal reliance on higher-level abstractions.
• Write custom data structures and algorithms tailored to the needs of the system, ensuring high performance and low resource usage.
• Handle manual memory management, optimize CPU cycles, and implement custom allocators and memory pools for performance-critical applications.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex performance issues and memory leaks.
• Maintain a strong focus on writing clean, maintainable code while ensuring high performance and stability across both Windows and Linux platforms.
• Write and execute unit tests to validate system-level software, ensuring it meets high standards of reliability and performance.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in C++ programming, with a focus on low-level, system-level, and performance-critical applications.
• Solid experience with manual memory management, including custom allocators, raw pointers, and low-level resource management.
• Ability to optimize software for both CPU cycles and memory usage, ensuring high efficiency and minimal resource consumption.
• Proficient in debugging and profiling tools.
• Extensive experience with CMake, Visual Studio, GCC, or other build and development tools on both Windows and Linux platforms.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Google Test, ensuring code quality and correctness.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, including hardware-software interaction, CPU, memory, and I/O.
• Experience working in containerized environments.
• Linked lists.
• SQL or Postgres is a plus.
• Fluent English: Interviews will be held in this language.

What do we offer?

• Open culture and challenging opportunity to satisfy intellectual needs
• Flexible working hours
• Smart working: hybrid remote/office working environment
• Work-life balance
• Excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment

About Accelya

Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering 200+ airlines with an open, modular software platform that enables innovative airlines to drive growth, delight their customers and take control of their retailing.

Owned by Vista Equity Partners long-term perennial fund and with 2K+ employees based around 10 global offices, Accelya are trusted by industry leaders to deliver now and deliver for the future.

The company´s passenger, cargo, and industry platforms support airline retailing from offer to settlement, both above and below the wing. Accelya are proud to deliver leading-edge technologies to our customers including through our partnership with AWS and through the pioneering NDC expertise of our Global Product teams.

We are proud to enable innovation-led growth for the airline industry and put control back in the hands of airlines.

For more information, please visit www.accelya.com

What does the future of the air transport industry look like to you? Whether you’re an industry veteran or someone with experience from other industries, we want to make your ambitions a reality!