C++ Senior Software Engineer (Lead) - High Load | Dubai- Crypto Prop Trading Firm | Dubai, UAE

Oxford Knight; Dubai; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading crypto prop trading firm in Dubai seeks a Senior C++ Software Engineer (Lead) for high-load and low-latency applications. This role entails maintaining trading systems and optimizing their performance while ensuring reliability. Candidates should have significant experience in C++ software development and familiarity with financial markets.

Benefits

Competitive salary package and performance bonus.

Flexible working hours.

Prestigious office location.

Corporate workations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of C++ software development experience.
• Experience with high-load and low latency applications.
• Good analytical and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain market data components and trading algorithms.
• Optimize trading systems for low-latency performance.
• Work collaboratively with teams to improve systems.

Skills

C++

High-load applications

Low latency applications

Design patterns

Network protocols

Debugging skills

Job description

C++ Senior Software Engineer (Lead) - High Load | Dubai- Crypto Prop Trading Firm

C++ Senior Software Engineer (Lead) - High Load | Dubai

The Role

Looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer who has experience with high-load/low-latency applications. You will be based in the Dubai office, working on developing and optimizing trading systems, algorithms, and market data and exchange connectivity to cryptocurrency exchanges. If you have worked with low-latency systems where everything needs to run fast but also focused on reliability, you might be a good candidate for this role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain market data components, exchange connectivity to cryptocurrency exchanges.
• Develop and maintain trading algorithms and add new features to the trading system.
• Optimise existing trading system for micros/nanos.
• Be a team player and work collaboratively with different teams to maintain and improve trading systems.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in C++ software development with a desirable total of at least 10 years in software development.
• Experience working with high-load and low latency applications.
• Expertise in optimising low-latency applications and crunching micros/nanos.
• Good understanding of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Good knowledge of network protocols. Exposure to Websockets, FIX, Kafka will be an added advantage.
• Experience in financial markets and/or high-frequency systems. Experience in developing trading strategies will be an added advantage.
• Good analytical and debugging skills. Ability to debug critical issues.
• Independently lead the assigned technical initiatives, from requirements gathering to deployments.

Optional (Bonus)

• Experience in Kernel bypass/DPDK.
• Experience in system level/network performance optimisations.
• Ability to lead the team in future, and work with other developers located remotely.

What's on offer

• Competitive salary package and performance bonus.
• Flexible working hours and a healthy work-life balance.
• Prestigious office location in Dubai.
• Ability to work in a thriving, multicultural, and fun environment in one of the fastest-growing industries in the world.
• Corporate workations: they regularly go on corporate trips to cool places all over the world to get to know each other better, work, and explore the local culture.

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If this sounds like you, or you'd like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
[e-mail]
([phone]
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

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