C++ Engineer, Trading Systems

Responsibilities: Build and maintain high-performance distributed systems that process real-time and historical market data at scale Design low-latency C++ (C++17/20) components supporting core trading infrastructure, including execution and order handling Partner with traders and engineers to turn strategy and modeling requirements into production-grade code Apply multithreaded and lock-free programming techniques to improve throughput and reduce latency across the stack Use profiling and diagnostic tooling to identify bottlenecks and guide performance improvements

Requirements: Background at a proprietary trading firm, market maker, or similar electronic trading environment is required.4+ years of professional C++ experience in a high-performance, real-time trading environment Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and memory management Linux-based system-level programming experience, including networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, UDP, sockets)Hands-on debugging/profiling skills (GDB, Wireshark, tcpdump, or equivalent)A plus: exposure to options/derivatives pricing models, quantitative research platforms, or KDB+/q for time-series analysis