High Performance C++ Developer - London- Prop Trader & Market Maker

Vodafone; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An award-winning algorithmic trading company in London seeks a skilled software developer for their exchange trading development team. This role involves building advanced software for a highly scalable research cluster, focusing on modern C++ and distributed systems. Candidates should have strong technical backgrounds and a passion for optimization in high-performance environments. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered, including support for continuing wellbeing.

Benefits

Competitive base salary and annual discretionary bonus

25 days' holiday + statutory holidays + paid sick days

Onsite doctor and therapist at no charge

Onsite gym, sauna and fitness classes at no charge

Breakfast and lunch provided Monday to Thursday

Beautiful office in King's Cross

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline.
• In-depth C++ knowledge essential.
• Experience in areas like networking or systems programming is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build software for a research cluster with optimized performance.
• Work on distributed filesystem and compilers for massive parallel computation.
• Contribute to custom compression codecs development.

Skills

In-depth knowledge of modern C++

Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures

Familiarity with host-based networking

Linux/Unix administration

Systems programming

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

This is an opportunity to join an award-winning algorithmic trading company, operating as a proprietary trader and market maker.

In their research cluster they have over 6000 GPUs and 120 petabytes of usable storage, allowing them to trade c.$295 billion per day. As a result, they are the third largest FX liquidity provider globally with only 170 employees!

In 2021, their UK entities reported revenues of £1.477bn, with net profit of £667m!

They are expanding their exchange trading development team to take on a new remit, building software for their research cluster. They're currently working on an exabyte-scale highly available distributed filesystem, an optimising JIT compiler targeting massively parallel computation and several in- house custom compression codecs.

People they've hired come from a diverse range of backgrounds (gaming companies, Meta, Google, winners of ACM ICPC, Google Code Jam, Olympiads, etc.).

New codebase working on C++ up to C++20.

Salary: Competitive / Market-Leading

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or another highly technical, scientific discipline.
• In-depth knowledge of modern C++
• Strong knowledge of what is really going on inside a computer
• Good familiarity with common algorithms and data structures and their performance trade-offs
• In-depth knowledge and experience in at least one of: host-based networking, Linux/Unix administration, systems programming, distributed systems

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days' holiday + statutory holidays + paid sick days
• Onsite doctor and therapist at no charge
• Onsite gym, sauna and fitness classes at no charge
• Breakfast and lunch provided Monday to Thursday
• Beautiful office in King's Cross

Tier-2 visa sponsorship is available.

Contact
To apply for this role, please email your CV to:

Kishan Patel
[e-mail]
020 3137 9572
linkedin.com/in/kishan-patel-4029aa8b