High-Performance Trading Systems Engineer (C++/Python)

P2P; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW in London is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Cumberland Systematic team, focusing on high-performance trading systems written in C++ and Python. You will help design, build, test and maintain the full stack needed for a global trading operation.

You will work with quantitative researchers and traders, own features from idea to production, and ensure low latency, high availability and robust monitoring.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional C++ experience.
• Built complex, mission-critical systems in modern C++.
• Deep understanding of concurrency concepts and their applications.
• Working knowledge of type safety and type systems.
• Developed high availability distributed systems with tight latency constraints.
• Understanding of computer networking and related tradeoffs.
• Experience writing software for the trading domain.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong internal motivation and a continual desire to learn.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, document, and maintain software for research, trading, and post-trade analysis.
• Develop software such as market data handling, feature and signal computation, portfolio optimization, and execution management.
• Work in multiple languages, particularly C++ and Python.
• Test at the unit, functional, and integration levels.
• Collaborate with researchers, traders, and other software engineers.
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Skills

C++

Python

Concurrency concepts

High performance systems

Trading domain experience

Communication skills

Tools

Cython

Job description

DRW in London is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Cumberland Systematic team, focusing on high-performance trading systems written in C++ and Python. You will help design, build, test and maintain the full stack needed for a global trading operation.

You will work with quantitative researchers and traders, own features from idea to production, and ensure low latency, high availability and robust monitoring.