Senior Low Latency C++ Engineer
Join a leading multi-manager hedge fund as it continues to invest heavily in the buildout of its next-generation systematic trading platform.
This is a front-office C++ engineering role focused on developing the low-latency infrastructure that powers systematic portfolio managers, researchers, and traders across global markets. You'll join a newly formed team with significant influence over architecture, platform design, and engineering direction from day one.
This is an ideal opportunity for experienced engineers who enjoy solving complex performance challenges and want direct ownership over systems that impact live trading.
What You'll Do
- Design and build low-latency, high-availability trading systems
- Develop exchange connectivity, market access, and order routing infrastructure
- Build and enhance OMS and real-time trading platforms
- Optimize performance across latency-sensitive C++ applications
- Partner directly with portfolio managers, traders, and quantitative researchers
- Contribute to architecture and technical decisions across a growing systematic technology platform
- Own projects end-to-end, from design through production deployment
What We're Looking For
- Strong C++ development experience
- Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and systems design
- Experience building distributed, real-time, or performance-sensitive systems
- Strong Linux and networking fundamentals
- Experience with multithreading, concurrency, and performance optimization
- Background in trading technology is beneficial but not required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Additional Notes
- Rare opportunity to join a major greenfield buildout at an early stage at a elite fund
- High-ownership environment with direct visibility into trading and investment workflows
- Work closely with traders, PMs, and researchers on business-critical technology
- Influence the architecture and direction of a next-generation systematic trading platform
- Ideal for engineers looking to move closer to the trading desk while tackling challenging low-latency engineering problems
We are actively conducting interviews and moving quickly through the process. Reach out tio arrange a confidential conversation;
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