C++ Engineer

Understanding Recruitment; Scotland; Remote; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency is seeking a C++ Engineer for a 12-month FTC role focused on financial services and research. The ideal candidate will maintain large-scale data feeds and manage updates from various data vendors. A degree in Computer Science and some server-side C++ experience are required, but financial industry experience is not necessary. This role is fully remote in the UK, with a competitive salary of up to £80,000 and benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science (or related field) from a top global university.
• Some server-side C++ software development experience working with STL/Boost.
• Interest in breaking into the financial industry (no previous financial experience necessary).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimise the company’s large-scale, high-volume data feeds.
• Manage and implement updates from hundreds of data vendors.
• Analyse and interpret complex data sets from a wide range of financial institutions.

Job description

C++ Engineer (12mo FTC) – Financial Services and Research 📈💵

💰Salary:up to £80,000 (12 month FTC with strong likelihood of extending) + benefits

📍Location:Remote in the UK

Passionate about developing solutions for large amounts of data?

Do you enjoy working in the realm of finance?

If you want to work in a large, enterprise organisation with 10,000+ people, this one is for you!

This established company with approximately $250bn in assets under advisement is looking for a server-side C++ Engineer on a 12 month FTC to join the team to help builds products interpreting significant volumes of financial data for some of the biggest finance institutions globally. You will be taking ownership of enhancing the performance and scalability of systems that handle the global distribution and storage of over 40 billion messages every day.

As the C++ Engineer, you will:

• Maintain and optimise the company’s large-scale, high-volume data feeds
• Manage and implement updates from hundreds of data vendors
• Analyse and interpret complex data sets from a wide range of financial institutions

💻 Tech Stack: C++, Boost, STL, AWS

You’ll be a great fit if you have:

• A degree in Computer Science (or related field) from a top global university
• Some server-side C++ software development experience working with STL/Boost
• An interest in breaking into the financial industry (no previous financial experience necessary!)

Ready to help join a passionate and strong team? Apply now and be part of this exciting journey! 🚀