C++ Developer

Understanding Recruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized recruitment agency is seeking a driven C++ Developer for a hybrid role in London. The position involves maintaining extensive data feeds and processing market data for a leading financial platform. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of experience in C++ development and a degree in Computer Science. This 12-month fixed-term contract offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work with passionate engineers in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years commercial experience in C++ development.
• Experience working in a server-side environment.
• Good understanding of STL and Boost.

Responsibilities

• Maintain extensive data feeds for financial platform.
• Process and distribute market data efficiently.
• Focus on speed, reliability, and performance.

Skills

C++ development

Software Development LifeCycle

Strong communication

Education

BSc or above in Computer Science

Job description

C++ Developer – Financial Exchange Connections

💰 Up to £80k + 10% bonus

🕑 12-month Fixed Term Contract

📍 Hybrid role in London 4 days a week

We are very excited to be again working with our long-term partners in the financial space whose platform receives upwards of 40 billion messages daily from their Financial Exchange connections.

As a C++ Developer, you will be working in the Realtime Data team, in charge of maintaining their extensive data feeds. This includes handling, processing and distributing market data that supports their impressive client base, while always maintaining a key focus on speed, high performance, reliability and efficiency.

As a C++ Developer, you must have :

• 3-5 years commercial experience
• BSc or above in Computer Science from university
• Have spent long stints in your previous companies , working at just 1 or 2 in your career so far
• Strong knowledge of C++ development in server-side environment
• Expertise in the full Software Development LifeCycle
• Good understanding of STL and Boost
• A very confident communicator

Bonus :

• Experience working in the financial sector with financial knowledge
• Experience in a secondary programming language e.g. .Net or Python
• Interest in cloud technologies e.g. AWS

What you will gain as a C++ Developer :

• Working alongside some extremely smart and passionate engineers
• Ability to take on considerable responsibility, demonstrating your abilitiesLearn from the most knowledgeable engineers in the industry
• Working in a hard-working, friendly and trusting environment

If you are a driven C++ Developer looking for your next challenge in a 12-month Fixed Term with the potential to extend a further year, apply now for immediate consideration in this exciting financial C++ Developer opportunity!

Please note : Due to compliancy reasons, we will only be able to consider applications based in and eligible to work in the UK.