C++ Engineer

C++ Engineer - Contract - Up to £1000 a day - Initial 12 month contract

We are looking for a software engineer to join a high-performing team building an exceptional market data platform. You will help them develop performance-critical systems and work with stock exchange data from around the world. They are constantly improving our systems by making use of advances in technologies, languages and open-source software.

This is part of the Low Latency Engineering Group which is a team of enthusiastic C++ developers responsible for collecting and decoding live stock market data.

All of the software runs in a high-performance Linux environment and is a critical part of a global investment platform. They process data streams that update many times a microsecond and collect terabytes of data per day.

Requirements:

• Experience building high-quality solutions to interesting problems in C++
• Good understanding of fundamental algorithms & data structures.
• A 2.1 degree or better in computer science, electronics or similar.
• Financial experience is useful but not required. If you have a non-financial background, we'd like to hear from you.