C++ Engineer – London & Singapore

Oxford Knight; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global trading firm is seeking an experienced C++ engineer to design and optimize trading algorithms. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of commercial C++ experience and a strong educational background in Computer Science or AI from a top university. The role involves collaborating with dynamic trading teams in a competitive environment focused on innovation. Benefits include catered meals, gym access, and generous parental leave.

Benefits

Catered breakfast, lunch and snacks

Onsite gym

Global health, dental and vision insurance

Generous parental leave

Dress down policy

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial C++ experience.
• Software engineering background with deep experience in C++.
• Experience in algorithmic trading systems.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C++ programming

Algorithmic trading expertise

Big data processing

Creativity

Intellectual honesty

Education

Degree in Computer Science / AI or related field from a top 50 global university

Job description

Salary: Competitive

Location: London and Singapore

Summary

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.

Benefits

• Dress down
• Fully catered (breakfast, lunch and snacks)
• Onsite gym
• Global health, dental and vision insurance
• Generous parental leave

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