Senior C++ Engineer - Algorithmic Trading (Hybrid, London)

EPAM Systems Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP

Life assurance

Income protection

Critical illness cover

Private medical insurance

Dental care

Employee Assistance Program

Pension plan

Cyclescheme

Techscheme

Season ticket loans

Free Wednesday lunch in-office

On-site massages

Social events

In-house training & certifications

Discretionary annual bonus

Discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI

Job summary

EPAM Systems Ltd in London is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to join a hybrid team developing a global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. You will collaborate with technologists, quants, and traders to optimize proprietary trading technology for peak performance and reliability.

The role covers full stack contributions from venue connectivity to trading engines in a fast-paced, open environment. You will contribute to code quality, testing, and scalable distributed systems while advancing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of post-graduate C++ software development experience in finance.
• Strong knowledge of parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming for distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL.
• Familiarity with trading lifecycle including order capture, execution and settlement.

Responsibilities

• Develop software that communicates with exchanges via APIs (FIX, WebSocket, HTTP).
• Maintain and extend testing suites to ensure quality.
• Optimize exchange communication through kernel bypass and connection handling.
• Research exchange behavior to align platform operations.
• Implement trading algorithms based on traders' and quants' requirements.
• Translate trading requirements into robust software implementations.
• Improve stability, reliability, and performance of the trading engine.
• Enhance monitoring and observability with Trading Operations.
• Investigate and resolve production issues, including crashes and bottlenecks.
• Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions.

Skills

C++ programming

Parallel programming

Asynchronous programming

Multithreading

Algorithms & data structures

Python

PowerShell

C#

SQL

Deployment best practices

Monitoring & troubleshooting

Job description

EPAM Systems Ltd in London is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to join a hybrid team developing a global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. You will collaborate with technologists, quants, and traders to optimize proprietary trading technology for peak performance and reliability.

The role covers full stack contributions from venue connectivity to trading engines in a fast-paced, open environment. You will contribute to code quality, testing, and scalable distributed systems while advancing