C++ Software Developer - Trading Applications

  • New York, NY
  • Posted 10 hours ago | Updated 6 hours ago

Overview

On Site
$200000 - $250000.00 per annum
Full Time

Skills

c++
software developer
software engineer
software
trading

Job Details



Role: C++ Software Engineer
Location: New York (Hybrid)


No sponsorship or C2C available. No agencies, please do not submit candidates.



The Company:
A leading financial technology provider delivering on-demand, low-latency infrastructure and trading solutions to institutional clients. The platform includes bare-metal compute, software-defined networking, and a hosted trading engine supporting high-frequency and electronic trading across global markets.


The Role:
We are seeking a talented C++ Software Engineer to join our core engineering team responsible for building and evolving the trading Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). You'll work across the full software development lifecycle to design, develop, and deploy scalable services that power high-performance trading environments.


Key Responsibilities:



  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services for the core trading platform

  • Contribute to the full SDLC, from requirements gathering to production delivery

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across infrastructure, network engineering, and DevOps globally

  • Write clean, testable, and efficient code adhering to best practices

  • This will be mostly greenfield development (not maintenance heavy)


What We're Looking For:



  • Proven experience designing and developing trading or low-latency applications

  • Strong C++ development skills

  • Experience performance troubleshooting and tuning of low latency applications

  • Solid grasp of multithreaded programming on Linux/Unix systems

  • Good understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, websockets, etc.)

  • Worked with tools that aid in debugging, performance analysis and memory errors (Valgrind, Clang etc)

  • Experience working in CMake/Autotools build eviornment


Preferred Skills:



  • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or other modern databases

  • Familiarity with middleware/messaging solutions such as (TIBCO, Solace, Informatica, UMS etc)

  • Scripting experience (Python, LUA)

  • Exposure to data distribution protocols design like FIX, ITCH, OUCH, SBE

  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing, Git



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