Senior C++ Software Engineer

🚀 Senior C++ Software Engineer – An international electronic trading organisation is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to join their high-performance engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the forefront of financial technology, building cutting-edge trading infrastructure.

🔧 the Senior C++ Software Engineer will:

• Design, develop, and optimise trading systems using modern C++.
• Work through the Full Software Development Life Cycle as part of an Agile team - SDLC
• Work with x30 C++ Software Engineers, x10 Python Software Engineers, x20 Full Stack Engineers, FPGA and Technical Architects based across London and New York offices.
• Implement performance-critical solutions to ensure best-in-class trading execution.
• Leverage STL to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system issues in a high-pressure environment.

🧠 What the Senior C++ Software Engineer will bring:

• A degree in a STEM related subject
• At least five years of commercial software engineering experience.
• Proven expertise in C++ development, with a strong focus on low-latency architecture.
• Unix - Linux environment experience.
• Experience in high-frequency trading (HFT) or similar real-time environments is highly desirable - Experience in latency within telecoms, media, music streaming or video streaming is also considered.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

🎁 Benefits:

• Competitive bonus structure.
• Generous pension contributions.
• 26 days of annual leave.
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• Gym membership.
• Life insurance.
• Hybrid working model –2 days in the office per week .