C++ developer

We are looking for Senior Software Engineers to join a new project working at the forefront of financial markets technology with a leading global hedge fund! We take pride in continuous innovation, high performance, effective mentoring and coaching and multi-disciplinary collaboration

About the role

You’ll build a new analytics library from concept to launch, using the latest technologies and taking ownership of key aspects of design, coding, testing and deployment

What you’ll do

•  Develop best-in-class distributed systems to efficiently process financial market data
•  Effectively resolve ambiguity, analyze complex requirements and break down features and initiatives into tactical tasks
•  Navigate trade-offs effectively across MVP vs. enterprise-grade, time-to-market and other relevant dimensions
•  Apply engineering best practices, including unit, integration, end-to-end, stress and performance testing
•  Search for the truth in product conceptualization and development, ensuring designs and implementations are fully aligned with the project mission and product goals

About you

• At least a BSc in Computer Science or related field 
• Software development experience, including mastery of modern C++20 language fundamentals (examples: static member functions, virtual functions, lambdas, move operators, and the various kinds of reference types) 
• Strong computer science and programming fundamentals (data structures, algorithms). Demonstrates good judgment in the application of imperative, OO and functional styles 
• Mastery of core engineering concepts, including design patterns, frameworks, best practices, run-time optimizations and algorithmic complexity 
• Solid understanding of concepts like load balancing, HA/failover, ingress, egress, inter-service communications, idempotence, ACID, guaranteed delivery, etc. 
• Technical expertise with distributed APIs, connectivity technologies such as message distribution, publish/subscribe, queuing, TCP, UDP, multicast. FIX, ITCH or equivalent market data protocol experience is desirable 
• Able to understand and articulate the architecture of an entire system, including the technical trade-offs between different design implementations 
• Eager to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse multi-disciplinary team. 
• Effective collaboration with stakeholders 
• Dedicated to continuous self-improvement — constantly seeking to learn new technologies, innovate and discover better ways to solve engineering challenges 
• Keen to solve engineering challenges of high performance trading systems and APIs, including performance tuning and latency optimizations