C++ Quant Developer for High-Performance Trading

Socket.dev; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a skilled software professional to develop and maintain high-performance trading logic and supporting infrastructure. You will work with quants and traders, implementing strategies, backtesting, and data processing, while contributing to architecture and latency improvements.

The role requires collaboration with technology teams, production support experience, and the ability to balance tactical delivery with long-term strategic work in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering, CS, or related; Masters a plus.
• 3+ years programming under Linux; at least 1 year in C++.
• 2+ years on high-performance mission-critical systems.
• Experience in trading floor environment with automated strategies.
• Translate requirements into trading implementations and algorithms.
• Collaborate with quant researchers and traders effectively.
• Debug complex Linux issues (memory leaks, etc).
• Familiarity with markets/microstructure; plus in-depth knowledge a plus.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Effective and professional communicator.

Responsibilities

• Help research and implement strategies & signals logic, backtesting and simulation.
• Develop tooling to analyze large data sets using statistics to identify opportunities.
• Understand markets principles to inform software design and development.
• Long-term design improvement and code reuse.
• Assist researchers with technical aspects of strategies and R&D.
• Contribute to strategic design and roadmap for high-performance trading infra.
• Production support, primarily L2; L1 for specific rollouts.
• Collaborate with feed handlers, order gateways, reference data on latency and new markets.

Skills

Linux programming

C++

High-performance

Communication

Trading familiarity

Distributed systems

Debugging

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

GIT

JIRA

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a skilled software professional to develop and maintain high-performance trading logic and supporting infrastructure. You will work with quants and traders, implementing strategies, backtesting, and data processing, while contributing to architecture and latency improvements.

The role requires collaboration with technology teams, production support experience, and the ability to balance tactical delivery with long-term strategic work in a fast-paced environment.