Senior Software Engineer - C++ (Trading Systems) - J12269

Pinpoint Asia; Hong Kong; Presencial; HKD 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pinpoint Asia is partnering with a global quantitative investment manager to hire a strong C++ developer for core technology that handles real-time pricing and risk calculations. You will design high-throughput, low-latency services on Linux and collaborate closely with traders and risk managers to push the firm's trading capabilities forward.

The role offers exposure to advanced pricing models, a scalable platform architecture, and opportunities to broaden into order management and market data

Formación

• 4+ years of C/C++ development experience in trading or front/middle office environment.
• Strong background designing low-latency, high-throughput systems on Linux.
• Experience with multithreaded, distributed applications.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build highly concurrent, low-latency C++ services on Linux.
• Integrate pricing models into production trading environment.
• Work on distributed systems to scale with massive market data volumes.
• Collaborate with traders, risk managers, and operations to solve critical problems.
• Potential to expand scope to order management and market data systems.

Conocimientos

C++

Linux

Low-latency

Multithreading

Python

Descripción del empleo

About the Client:

Our client is a highly successful, global quantitative investment manager. They rely on a scientific approach to trading, combining vast amounts of data with advanced technology to find alpha across multiple liquid asset classes. They operate with a collaborative, research-driven mindset and invest heavily in their core engineering teams.

The Role & Landscape:

You will join the core technology team responsible for the platform that handles real-time and end-of-day pricing and risk calculations across the firm.

• Design and build highly concurrent, low-latency services in C++ on Linux.
• Integrate complex pricing models developed by the quant team into the production trading environment.
• Work on distributed systems architecture, ensuring the platform scales to handle massive market data volumes.
• Collaborate directly with traders, risk managers, and operations to solve critical business problems.
• Potential to expand scope into order management, trade lifecycle, and market data systems.

What We Are Looking For:

• Strong background in C/C++ development (4+ years), ideally within a front or middle office trading environment.
• Deep expertise in building low-latency, high-throughput systems on Linux using STL.
• Proven experience designing and implementing complex multithreaded and distributed applications.
• Comfortable working with Python.
• Ideally, you have an understanding of pricing models and asset classes (Equities, Futures, Options, Swaps).
• Excellent communication skills—you must be comfortable interacting directly with the business.

Why Apply To This Role:

This is a high-visibility role where your code directly impacts the firm's trading capability and risk management. You won't be siloed; you'll work closely with the brightest minds in quant research and trading. The engineering culture is strong, focusing on solving hard technical problems with clean, performant code.