Senior C++ Developer – HFT

Overview

In this role you will design and build the trading software backbone for a fast-growing prop trading firm. You’ll work closely with research teams to implement automated electronic trading algorithms and enhance trading infrastructure at scale. The position sits in a high-tech, performance-driven environment with a strong collaboration culture and openness to learning from peers. You will contribute to expanding the research platform and supporting new exchanges and products, delivering robust, low-latency software with autonomy.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus 50–100% of salary
• relocation package

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer and implement trading software in C++ and Java
• Collaborate with research teams to architect and analyze new trading algorithms
• Build and enhance the firm’s software infrastructure for multiple business lines
• Extend proprietary research platform to support new exchanges, products and functionality
• Contribute to performance tuning, profiling and optimization of software

Key requirements

• Strong programming skills in C++
• Proven experience on Linux/gcc
• Experience with profiling/optimising algorithms
• Network programming, multithreaded programming, IPC
• Distributed architecture systems experience
• Autonomous working style
• Strong fundamentals of software engineering
• Able to operate across layers of abstraction
• Background in mathematics, science or computing related area (preferred)
• Experience in financial services is a plus (not essential)

• problem-solving enthusiasm
• self-motivated
• collaborative culture fit
• C++
• Java
• Linux/gcc

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