Low-Latency C++ Systems Engineer

Wehrtyou; Greater London; On-site; GBP 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Benefits package

Job summary

Hudson River Trading is seeking C++ engineers to work on live trading systems and research infrastructure. You will develop high-performance, fault-tolerant software with a focus on minimizing latency across global markets.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, traders, and hardware specialists to push microseconds closer to zero in a fast-paced environment. Advanced C++ and UNIX/Linux knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills.
• Advanced C++ experience is required, daily use preferred.
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize infrastructure for market data, order entry and execution logic, spanning asset classes including options, equities, futures, crypto, and fixed income.
• Design fault-tolerant, low-latency systems for live trading, including encoding/prioritization of data over WAN links and recovery from hardware failures.
• Profile and improve performance-critical code for both throughput and latency in production environments.
• Build and maintain infrastructure that drives products including client-facing wholesale and SDP platforms, distributed network filesystems, and scalable research workflows.
• Write software that interfaces with specialized hardware such as FPGAs and ASICs used in trading systems.

Skills

Advanced C++

UNIX/Linux

Performance profiling

System architecture

Problem solving

Networking knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Hudson River Trading is seeking C++ engineers to work on live trading systems and research infrastructure. You will develop high-performance, fault-tolerant software with a focus on minimizing latency across global markets.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, traders, and hardware specialists to push microseconds closer to zero in a fast-paced environment. Advanced C++ and UNIX/Linux knowledge are required.