Low-Latency C++ Quant Developer — Front Office

Vertus Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Trading floor exposure

Modern C++ tooling

Job summary

Vertus Partners is seeking a C++ Low Latency Developer to join our front office electronic trading team focused on Equities market making and execution technology. This hybrid role sits beside traders and researchers, delivering high-performance systems and production-ready code.

You will design and evolve latency-sensitive components, migrate existing apps to modern C++, and translate business needs into robust solutions with traders.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience building low latency applications in modern C++.
• Experience with front office trading systems in financial markets.
• Understanding of electronic trading, market making or algorithmic execution platforms.
• Ability to engage confidently with trading and business stakeholders.
• Production delivery of performance-sensitive software.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance trading systems used by an Equities market making business.
• Deliver enhancements to latency-sensitive components across the electronic trading stack.
• Help drive migration and optimisation of existing trading applications into modern C++ environments.
• Work closely with traders and quantitative researchers to translate business requirements into production solutions.
• Partner with technology, risk and control functions to ensure robust delivery of new functionality.
• Take ownership of strategic initiatives that directly impact trading performance and scalability.

Skills

Low-latency C++

Front-office trading

Electronic trading

Performance optimization

Stakeholder engagement

Market data familiarity

Tools

Linux

Perf tools

GCC/Clang

Job description

Vertus Partners is seeking a C++ Low Latency Developer to join our front office electronic trading team focused on Equities market making and execution technology. This hybrid role sits beside traders and researchers, delivering high-performance systems and production-ready code.

You will design and evolve latency-sensitive components, migrate existing apps to modern C++, and translate business needs into robust solutions with traders.