C++ Engineer – London & Singapore

Oxford Knight; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dress down

Fully catered meals

Onsite gym

Health insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Oxford Knight is seeking an experienced C++ Engineer to design, implement and optimise high‑performance trading algorithms. You will work with traders, researchers and engineers in a fast‑paced, innovation‑driven environment.

The role requires a strong software engineering background with deep C++ expertise and a track record in algorithmic trading systems. Prior exposure to market order execution, big data processing or HPC modelling is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial C++ experience.
• Software engineering background with deep experience in C++.
• Top 50 global university degree in Computer Science/ AI (or a related field).
• Expertise in algorithmic trading systems.
• Nice to have: market order execution algorithms, big data processing, HPC modelling on clusters.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimise trading algorithms using C++.

Skills

C++

Algorithmic trading

Software engineering

Education

Top 50 global CS/AI degree

Job description

World-famous, global trading firm applying cutting-edge research to financial markets. Their culture is unique; they look for engineers who are fearless in their pursuit of innovation which requires creativity, intellectual honesty and competitiveness.

Their trading teams are comprised of dynamic groups of traders, quant researchers and engineers. In this role, you will design, implement and optimise trading algorithms using C++.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of commercial C++ experience
• Software engineering background with deep experience in C++
• Top 50 global university degree in Computer Science/ AI (or a related field)
• Expertise in algorithmic trading systems
• Nice to have: experience with market order execution algorithms, large-scale big data processing, modelling systems on high performance computing cluster, etc.
• Dress down
• Fully catered (breakfast, lunch and snacks)
• Onsite gym
• Global health, dental and vision insurance
• Generous parental leave

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.

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