C++ High-Performance Trading Engineer

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is seeking experienced C++ engineers to support electronic trading platforms in a Hong Kong setting. You will help develop and optimize high-performance trading systems with exposure to market access, data, and routing components, collaborating with trading, quantitative, product and engineering teams.

We look for hands-on developers with 5+ years in C++, strong Linux and multithreading skills, and a proven ability to deliver robust, low-latency software

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with C++ development.
• Strong C/C++ fundamentals, data structures, algorithms.
• Experience in Linux environments and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support C++ applications and systems used within electronic trading environments
• Build and enhance components across market connectivity, market data, execution, order routing and trading infrastructure
• Design and support highly available, reliable and performance-sensitive systems
• Improve system latency, scalability, resilience and overall performance
• Work closely with business and technology teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Take ownership across the development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring and production support
• Contribute to code quality, automation, system architecture and engineering best practices
• Participate in technical design and architecture discussions
• For more senior profiled candidates, provide technical guidance, mentor engineers and contribute to the longer-term direction of the platform while remaining hands-on where required

Skills

C++ development

Multithreading

Linux

Network programming

Data structures & algorithms

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is seeking experienced C++ engineers to support electronic trading platforms in a Hong Kong setting. You will help develop and optimize high-performance trading systems with exposure to market access, data, and routing components, collaborating with trading, quantitative, product and engineering teams.

We look for hands-on developers with 5+ years in C++, strong Linux and multithreading skills, and a proven ability to deliver robust, low-latency software