Software Engineer - C++

Role overview

Join a globally recognised quantitative trading firm with more than 20 years of experience building innovative, high-performance technology for electronic markets. The organisation blends engineering excellence with advanced research to uncover and act on unique trading opportunities across global financial markets.

You will be part of a collaborative but highly independent environment where compact, high-impact teams create and improve sophisticated trading technology, backed by a strong worldwide platform. This position suits engineers who enjoy tackling complex technical problems in low-latency, performance-sensitive systems.

What you will work on

• Building and refining high-performance trading platforms that connect strategies to global exchanges
• Creating low-latency infrastructure for market data ingestion and trade execution
• Improving system efficiency through advanced networking and systems programming approaches
• Developing platforms for historical market data access and large-scale simulation testing
• Designing analytical tools that help uncover trading patterns and strengthen strategies
• Implementing systems for risk control and performance tracking

Required profile

• Hands-on experience developing software in C++
• Solid grounding in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
• Demonstrated ability to produce highly efficient and scalable code
• Background in performance-sensitive or low-latency environments; trading exposure is a plus
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to perform well in a fast-moving setting

Preferred background

• Working knowledge of Linux and network programming concepts such as TCP/IP and UDP
• Exposure to Python or shell scripting
• Experience with distributed systems or environments handling very high throughput