Senior C++ Developer - Trading Systems

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. seeks a senior C++ developer to build and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications in a brokerage setting. The role focuses on modern C++ (C++17/20), multithreading, and exchange connectivity.

You will work with traders and quants to enhance market data, order management and execution systems, while debugging and improving performance and reliability in production environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of C++ development experience with Modern C++ (C++17/20).
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, STL and OOP.
• Experience on Linux environments, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming.
• Proven debugging and performance optimisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain low-latency trading applications in Modern C++ (C++17/20).
• 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++ (C++17/20)

Multithreading

Linux

TCP/IP

Socket programming

Performance optimisation

STL

OOP

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.