Senior C++ Engineer - High-Performance Trading Systems

Ocean Red; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

2 days in office

Job summary

Ocean Red in London is seeking mid-level or senior C++ engineers to build high-throughput, latency-sensitive trading systems.

You’ll join a specialist C++ team focusing on core trading and exchange tech, developing services on Linux, networking, and real-time event processing.

The role emphasizes understanding architecture, profiling performance, and delivering reliable production systems.

Qualifications

• C++11 or later with real-time programming experience.
• Experience with multithreading in high-concurrency systems.
• Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization.
• Familiarity with Boost, Python, SQL and Git is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop C++ services on Linux for high-throughput trading.
• Work on network communication, messaging and market data integration.
• Profile, optimize bottlenecks and improve system resilience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve architecture.

Skills

C++11+

Multithreading

Real-time systems

Tools

Boost

Python

SQL

Git

Job description

Ocean Red in London is seeking mid-level or senior C++ engineers to build high-throughput, latency-sensitive trading systems.

You’ll join a specialist C++ team focusing on core trading and exchange tech, developing services on Linux, networking, and real-time event processing.

The role emphasizes understanding architecture, profiling performance, and delivering reliable production systems.