Senior C++ Engineer – High-Frequency Trading – Fully Remote

Oxford Knight; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible hours

Regular international workations

Remote-first / fully remote

Zusammenfassung

Oxford Knight seeks a Senior C++ Engineer to develop and optimise core low-latency trading systems for cryptocurrency markets. You will influence market data, exchange connectivity, and trading algorithms, with a focus on microsecond/nanosecond performance without sacrificing reliability.

This is a senior, hands-on role with technical ownership, leading projects from requirements through to production while collaborating with Traders and other Engineers across the firm.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of professional C++ development experience.
• Experience optimising performance at microsecond/nanosecond level.
• Strong understanding of networking, data structures and algorithms.
• Financial markets and/or HFT experience.
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills.
• Kernel bypass experience.

Aufgaben

• Develop and optimise the firm’s core low-latency trading systems.
• Work across market data, exchange connectivity and trading algorithms.
• Lead projects from requirements through production with technical ownership.

Kenntnisse

C++ development

Performance optimisation

Networking fundamentals

Algorithms and data structures

HFT / financial markets

Debugging and profiling

WebSockets / FIX / Kafka

Kernel bypass

System and network performance

Tools

Linux

Perf tools

Kafka

FIX protocol

Jobbeschreibung

Fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing crypto trading firm founded by highly successful individuals from market-leading HFT firms.

A small but established company with a strong track record, they’re hugely technology-driven, building high-frequency trading and arbitrage strategies across cryptocurrency markets.

Role

They’re looking for an experienced C++ Engineer to develop and optimise the firm’s core low-latency trading systems. You’ll work across market data, exchange connectivity and trading algorithms, with a particular focus on improving performance at the microsecond/nanosecond level without sacrificing reliability.

This is a senior, hands-on position with significant technical ownership. You’ll independently lead projects from requirements through to production, while collaborating closely with Traders and other Engineers across the business.

Requirements

• 6+ years’ professional C++ development experience
• Experience optimising performance at the microsecond/nanosecond level
• Strong understanding of networking, data structures and algorithms
• Financial markets and/or HFT experience
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills
• Kernel bypass experience
• System and network performance optimisation
• WebSockets, FIX and/or Kafka
• Competitive salary + strong performance-related bonus
• Fully remote from a European time zone
• Significant ownership within a small, highly technical team
• Flexible hours and healthy work-life balance
• Regular international company workations

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Senior C++ Engineer – High-Frequency Trading – Fully Remote • City of London, London, GB