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C++ Developer - Options Market Making
Job summary
A prominent trading firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a C++ Developer to enhance and expand low latency systems for market making. You will collaborate with traders and developers to optimize order execution algorithms, improve trading strategies, and develop new automated pricing systems. Ideal candidates will possess strong C++ skills, an interest in trading, and the ability to creatively solve complex problems. Competitive compensation and a range of benefits, including a group pension plan and private healthcare, are offered.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Proficiency in C++ with experience in recent standards.
- Ability to design for ultra low latency systems.
- Creative problem-solving abilities.
Responsibilities
- Full lifecycle software development for market making.
- Develop low latency exchange connectivity components.
- Optimise order execution algorithms and improve trading strategies.
Skills
Tools
Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate. Working on our trading floor, you will work alongside traders, quant researchers and other developers to help us expand system connectivity to new markets, optimise order execution algorithms, improve our trading strategies and build new automated pricing systems and infrastructure to support the expansion of our options market making business. The work you do will have a direct, regular and highly visible impact on the firm's success.
- Full lifecycle of software development for market making, working alongside traders and developers in other teams, such as FPGA, data analytics and UI developers.
- Developing low latency exchange connectivity components for new markets.
- Expand system connectivity to new markets, optimise order execution algorithms, improve trading strategies, and build new automated pricing systems and infrastructure to support options market making.
- Excellent C++ (11/14/17/20/23)
- Template programming
- Ultra low latency design
- Performance tuning and analysis
- Good numerical skills
- The ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creatively
- An efficient and diligent approach with strong attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An interest in trading and finance
- Knowledge of financial markets & securities (particularly futures and options)
- Experience with other programming languages: Python, C#, or JavaScript
- Experience with NoSQL and time-series databases
- Knowledge of multiple derivative exchange platforms
- Network communication protocols UDP and TCP
- Network acceleration using proprietary drivers and kernel bypass
- Understanding of and optimisation for modern Intel architecture
- Competitive compensation
- Group Pension plan
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Fully catered breakfast, lunch and snacks
- 25 days' annual leave
- Informal dress code
- Private healthcare and life assurance
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Monthly company events
- Private gym
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.