Senior C++ Software Engineer - ULL Trading Systems

Senior C++ Software Engineer - ULL Trading Systems

One of the smaller, yet more elite proprietary trading firms in the world, and based in New York City, is looking for a bar-raising C++ programmer to join the team. After yet another year of continued growth and success, our client is looking to capitalize by hiring another Senior C++ Software Engineer to help play a lead role in the development of highly performant, ultra-low latency trading systems. The current team already boast some of the most talented C++ programmers in the world, having come from an array of industry backgrounds such as semiconductor and social media, as well as having industry veterans with decades of trading systems experience. You will have the opportunity to build next generation tools and systems alongside researchers and traders to help drive cutting-edge investment approaches across a variety of different asset classes.

The Role:

• Develop ultra-low latency, high throughput trading platforms alongside traders and researchers.
• Influence projects from inception through to deployment within a collaborative environment
• Create robust frameworks for sophisticated financial applications, optimizing software services for ultimate performance
• Better strategy monitoring & reporting tools
• Cover market data feed decoding
• Backtesting and strategy evaluation infrastructure

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years C/C++ programming experience
• Minimum 5+ years working in a Linux environment
• Experience with low latency, multithreaded systems desirable
• Experience with scripting tools such as Python, Bash, Shell Scripts
• Systems design experience
• Object-oriented design skills. Architect experience a plus.
• Knowledge of financial products, specifically equities, fx or futures is a plus but not required
• Strong written & verbal communication
• Minimum of bachelor's in computer science, electrical engineering or similar discipline