Low-Latency Quant Dev – Production C++ Systems (Remote)

Understanding Recruitment

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 140,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first setup

Flexible working hours

Yearly vacations

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is hiring a Quant Dev to work on systems underpinning a global proprietary trading firm. The role blends quantitative research, trading logic, and high-performance C++ engineering to build and optimise latency-sensitive trading systems under real production load.

You will translate trading ideas into robust, production-grade C++ systems, focusing on latency, reliability, and scalability while collaborating with traders and researchers in a highly technical environment.

Qualifications

Proficiency in modern C++ for backend or systems engineering.
Experience building high-performance, low-latency systems.
Strong understanding of multithreading and distributed systems.
Familiarity with Linux environments.
Exposure to trading systems or quant infrastructure is beneficial.
Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.

Responsibilities

Build and optimise low-latency trading systems and strategy infrastructure.
Translate quantitative research and trading logic into production-grade C++ systems.
Improve latency, throughput, and reliability across live trading infrastructure.
Work on multithreaded and performance-critical backend systems under production load.
Collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers on strategy implementation and optimisation.
Debug and resolve complex performance and infrastructure bottlenecks in live environments.