Senior C++ Developer - Trading Systems

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Nagpur District; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital HR Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a senior C++ developer to build and optimise high-performance, low-latency trading applications for an established brokerage.

You will develop and maintain extreme-performance systems, focusing on market data, order management, and exchange connectivity. The role involves multithreaded development in Modern C++ (C++17/20), debugging, performance tuning and collaboration with traders, quants and tech teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of C++ development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Modern C++, STL, data structures and OOP.
• Experience with Linux, multithreading, TCP/IP and socket programming.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization.

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++

C++17/20

Multithreading

Linux

TCP/IP

Socket programming

STL

Data structures

Algorithms

OOP

Debugging

Shared memory

Boost

IPC

Python

Performance tuning

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.