C++ Developer - Options Market Making

Maven; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading firm in London is seeking a skilled developer to enhance trading strategies and build automated pricing systems. You will collaborate with traders and quant researchers to optimize order execution and develop low-latency connectivity to new markets. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills and a keen interest in trading and finance. Competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Fully catered meals

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Private Gym

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills with a focus on performance.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Experience in software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop low latency exchange connectivity components.
• Implement software for market making alongside traders.

Skills

Template programming

Performance tuning and analysis

Good numerical skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Interest in trading and finance

Tools

NoSQL databases

Time-series databases

Network communication protocols

Intel architecture optimization

Job description

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate.

Working on our trading floor, you will work alongside traders, quant researchers and other developers to help us expand system connectivity to new markets, optimise order execution algorithms, improve our trading strategies and build new automated pricing systems and infrastructure to support the expansion of our options market making business. The work you do will have a direct, regular and highly visible impact on the firm's success.

The skills you will have:

• Template programming
• Performance tuning and analysis
• Good numerical skills
• The ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creatively
• An efficient and diligent approach with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• An Interest in trading and finance

Things we would like to see but are not essential:

• Knowledge of financial markets & securities (particularly futures and options)
• Experience with NoSQL and time-series databases
• Knowledge of multiple derivative exchange platforms
• Network communication protocols UDP and TCP
• Network acceleration using proprietary drivers and kernel bypass
• Understanding of and optimisation for modern Intel architecture

If you don’t meet every requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply. We value potential and are excited to see what you can bring to the role.

What you will be doing with us:

• Full lifecycle of software development for market making, working alongside traders and developers in other teams, such as FPGA, data analytics and UI developers
• Developing low latency exchange connectivity components for new markets

We pride ourselves on being able to rapidly deliver well-engineered software into production. You will be able to see the impact of your work immediately and will be in a unique position to have a direct impact on trading revenue. We make extensive use of automated testing and peer code review to ensure quality and maintainability while keeping time-to-market short.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Competitive compensation
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Fully catered breakfast, lunch and snacks
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Informal dress code
• Private healthcare and life assurance
• Monthly company events
• Private Gym

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