C++ Trading Developer, Quant Trading Team

P2P; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in the City of London is looking for a C++ Developer to enhance their automated trading systems. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience with C++, a strong grasp of network programming, and the ability to implement advanced trading strategies. This role is crucial in optimizing trading performance and ensuring effective collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of working experience with C++.
• Thorough understanding of C++ memory model and concurrency.
• Best practices in C++ programming.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve the design and performance of the automated trading system.
• Implement highly adjustable trading strategies for live trading.
• Collaborate with teams to automate workflow and provide technical support.

Skills

C++ proficiency

Network programming (TCP, Websocket)

Optimisation techniques

Experience with MongoDB

Experience with Boost

Familiarity with ZeroMQ

Meta-programming

Job description

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve the design and performance of our automated trading system, including exchange connectivity, derivatives pricing model, order and risk management system.
• Implementing trading strategies which are highly adjustable in live trading and easy to integrate with backtesting system.
• Work closely with other teams to automate trading/reconcile/analytics workflow.
• Provide technical support for trading system

Requirements

• 5+ years of working experience with C++.
• Thorough understanding of C++ memory model, concurrency, meta-programming and best practices.
• Experience with network programming using TCP, Websocket
• Experience with Boost, ZeroMQ, MongoDB, Protobuffer
• Experience with optimisation using modern SIMD instrument set or GPU programming is a plus