C++ Developer - Up to $1 Million 1st Year TC - Elite Buy Side Trading Firm

Title: C++ Developer - HFT Systems

Client: Elite Buy Side Trading Firm

Role: Permanent

Salary: Up to $1 million first year TC

Location: New York City/Chicago (They’re open to either)

Sells: Building world-class systematic trading infrastructure, direct collaboration with Quant Researchers and Traders, ownership of high-performance trading systems, greenfield platform development, cutting-edge technology stack, exceptional engineering culture and outstanding career progression.

An Elite Quantitative Trading Firm is looking for a highly talented C++ Software Engineer to join its Front Office Engineering team, building the next generation of systematic trading infrastructure.

This team partners directly with Quantitative Researchers and Traders to design and develop the platforms that power research, simulation and live trading. You’ll work across the full strategy lifecycle, building highly scalable, low-latency systems that enable the rapid development and deployment of quantitative trading strategies.

This is a highly visible engineering role offering the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while working alongside some of the industry’s leading quantitative researchers and engineers.

Role:

• Designing and developing high-performance trading infrastructure supporting research, simulation and live trading
• Building scalable market data and execution platforms responsible for collecting market data, processing trading signals and routing orders to global exchanges
• Developing frameworks and tooling that enable researchers to rapidly prototype, backtest and deploy new quantitative trading strategies
• Optimising trading infrastructure through low-latency software development, performance optimisation and systems-level engineering
• Contributing to the architecture and development of shared engineering platforms that improve productivity across Research, Trading and Engineering teams

Skills:

• Strong Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent technical background
• Excellent C++ development experience with strong software engineering fundamentals
• Experience building high-performance, low-latency or data-intensive systems
• Exposure to market data systems, electronic trading platforms, exchange connectivity or execution systems
• Experience building research platforms, backtesting frameworks or quantitative analytics tooling