Senior C Developer
First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.
Project: Full-time, contract for several months
Domain: Agriculture / Genetic Data Processing
English: B2+
About the Project
We are looking for two Senior C Developers to optimize a 30+ year-old legacy system used for processing cattle genetic data.
The system handles laboratory data through ETL pipelines and stores results in Db2. With a database of approximately 13 million records, processing performance has significantly degraded.
Responsibilities
• Analyze legacy architecture and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Refactor and optimize C code.
• Improve ETL processes and large-scale data processing.
• Optimize database interactions using Db2 and Embedded SQL.
• Improve multithreaded processing with Intel OpenMP.
• Use Claude Code as the primary AI development tool.
Requirements
• Strong commercial experience with C.
• Experience with relational databases; Db2 is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with Embedded SQL and Intel OpenMP.
• Strong performance optimization skills.
• Experience working with legacy systems.
• English B2+.
• Experience in AI-first development environments and willingness to use Claude Code daily.
Nice to have: Experience modernizing legacy systems and optimizing ETL pipelines.
Conditions
• Full-time, contract for several months.
• Working hours: 12:00–21:00 or 13:00–22:00 Armenia time.
• Collaboration with the CTO, Chief Data Officer, and engineering team.
• Client based on the US East Coast.