Real-Time C++ Systems Engineer for Financial Markets

Ocean Red; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical

Pension

Discretionary bonus

Enhanced parental leave

Life assurance

Income protection

Electric car scheme

Cycle to work

Flexible hours

Job summary

Ocean Red is recruiting a senior C++ engineer to join a core engineering team delivering real-time trading infrastructure. You will design, implement and optimize ultra-low-latency components that process market data and orders with high reliability.

This hybrid role requires three days in the office, with collaboration across infrastructure, product and QA. Proficiency in C++, Linux, networking, Python and Boost is essential; exposure to FIX is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience building or maintaining real-time or event-driven systems.
• Solid Linux development experience and understanding of networking (TCP, UDP or multicast).
• Exposure to financial markets technology such as FIX or other trading protocols is useful.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time, low-latency trading infrastructure.
• Design and optimize event-driven architectures for high throughput and reliability.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, product and quality teams to ensure stable releases.

Skills

C++

Linux

Networking

Python

Tools

Boost

Git

SQL

Messaging systems

Distributed architectures

Job description

Ocean Red is recruiting a senior C++ engineer to join a core engineering team delivering real-time trading infrastructure. You will design, implement and optimize ultra-low-latency components that process market data and orders with high reliability.

This hybrid role requires three days in the office, with collaboration across infrastructure, product and QA. Proficiency in C++, Linux, networking, Python and Boost is essential; exposure to FIX is a plus.