Low Latency - Senior C++ Engineer - Market Data

Stanford Black Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious hedge fund in London is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to focus on low latency market data infrastructure. The role involves engineering multi-asset feed handlers and optimizing performance-critical systems. Candidates should have experience in high-frequency trading or gaming environments, along with mastery in advanced C++ techniques. This role offers a collaborative environment with elite colleagues and cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• Experience writing performance-critical C++ that moves real money (HFT, finance or gaming).
• Mastery of concurrency, memory models, cache hierarchies, and SIMD.
• A talent for turning packet captures into elegant, deterministic algorithms.
• Good educational background.

Responsibilities

• Engineer multi-asset feed handlers (NYSE, NASDAQ, B-Pipe, etc.) that stay green.
• Own the full lifecycle: design to benchmarking to deployment at microsecond granularity.
• Collaborate with infra to squeeze every last clock cycle from bespoke kernels, FPGA NICs, and bleeding-edge CPUs.

Skills

Performance-critical C++

Concurrency

Memory models

Cache hierarchies

Deterministic algorithms

Education

Good educational background

Tools

FPGA NICs

Job description

Low Latency - Senior C++ Engineer - Market Data

Direct message the job poster from Stanford Black Limited

My client is a boutique hedge fund where elite engineers work on some of the world’s most sophisticated trading strategies.

Overview

Senior C++ engineer focusing on low latency market data infrastructure for a boutique hedge fund. Build one of the fastest market-data platforms in the finance industry, impacting microsecond decisions in trading engines.

What You’ll Tackle

• Engineer multi-asset feed handlers (NYSE, NASDAQ, B-Pipe, etc.) that stay green.
• Own the full lifecycle: design to benchmarking to deployment at microsecond granularity.
• Collaborate with infra to squeeze every last clock cycle from bespoke kernels, FPGA NICs, and bleeding-edge CPUs.

Why This Team

• £20 billion AUM, cutting-edge hardware, a blank cheque for code that reduces latency.
• Your commits light up 20+ global desks within minutes, with no middle layers or bureaucracy.
• Elite colleagues, generally ex-Big Tech, large funds, Olympiad medalists.

What You’ll Tackle (continued)

• Engineer multi-asset feed handlers (NYSE, NASDAQ, B-Pipe, etc.) that stay green.
• Own the full lifecycle: design to benchmarking to deployment at microsecond granularity.
• Collaborate with infra to squeeze every last clock cycle from bespoke kernels, FPGA NICs, and bleeding-edge CPUs.

We Should Speak If You Have

• Experience writing performance-critical C++ that moves real money (HFT, finance or gaming).
• Mastery of concurrency, memory models, cache hierarchies, and SIMD.
• A talent for turning packet captures into elegant, deterministic algorithms.
• Good educational background.

If your profile is a good fit, I will reach out to you within 12 hours from application.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance

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