C++ Software Engineer - Front Office Trading Technology
A leading quantitative trading firm is looking to add a C++ Software Engineer to a front-office equities technology team in New York.
This role sits directly alongside traders and quantitative researchers, building and enhancing the core systems that power the trading business. Engineers on the team have exposure across the entire trading stack, including market data, execution systems, exchange connectivity, order routing, pricing infrastructure, and internal trading platforms.
The team is looking for someone with strong modern C++ expertise and a passion for building high-performance systems. While experience within trading is highly desirable, they are open to exceptional C++ engineers from other performance-critical environments who can demonstrate strong systems knowledge and software engineering fundamentals.
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong production experience with modern C++ (C++17/20 preferred)
- Experience developing on Linux environments
- Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and systems programming
- Experience building scalable, high-performance applications
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strong computer science fundamentals
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimize critical trading infrastructure used by front-office teams
- Develop systems supporting market data, execution, exchange connectivity, and order routing
- Partner directly with traders and quantitative researchers to deliver new functionality and improve performance
- Enhance the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of business-critical platforms
- Contribute to the design of next-generation trading technology and internal infrastructure
Bonus Experience:
- Low-latency or real-time systems
- Network programming and exchange connectivity
- Trading platforms, market data, or electronic trading environments
- Python or scripting languages
- Performance optimization and hardware-conscious development
Interviews are actively underway. If you'd like to discuss the opportunity confidentially, send me a message or email
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