Senior C++ Developer - Trading Systems

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. seeks a senior C++ developer to design, build and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications for an established brokerage investing in ETFs, index products, commodities and systematic strategies.

You will develop and maintain low-latency trading systems, enhance market data handling, order management and execution, and work with traders and quants while mentoring junior developers to ensure reliability and scalable performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of C++ development; strong Modern C++, data structures, algorithms, STL and OOP; Linux, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming; strong debugging and performance optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain low-latency trading applications in Modern C++ (C++17 / C++20)
• Build and optimise market data, order management and execution systems
• Develop multithreaded, high-performance applications and exchange connectivity
• Optimise application performance, reliability and scalability; troubleshoot production issues; review code
• Work alongside traders, quants and technology teams; mentor junior developers

Skills

C++ development

Modern C++

Data structures

Algorithms

STL

OOP

Linux

Multithreading

TCP/IP

Socket programming

Debugging

Performance optimisation

Tools

Boost

IPC

Shared memory

Python

Job description

An established brokerage firm investing in proprietary trading across ETFs, index products, commodities and systematic strategies is hiring a senior C++ developer to build and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain low-latency trading applications in Modern C++ (C++17 / C++20)
• Build and optimise market data, order management and execution systems
• Develop multithreaded, high-performance applications and exchange connectivity
• Optimise application performance, reliability and scalability; troubleshoot production issues; review code
• Work alongside traders, quants and technology teams; mentor junior developers

Required skills:

• 5+ years of C++ development; strong Modern C++, data structures, algorithms, STL and OOP; Linux, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming; strong debugging and performance optimisation.

Preferred skills:

• Aalgorithmic trading, proprietary trading or HFT experience; FIX protocol, market data feeds and low-latency system design; Boost, IPC, shared memory and Python.
• The gate here is engineering depth trading domain exposure is preferred, not required.