Senior C++ developer

Luxoft; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking experienced C++ developers for a hedge fund trading system in Malaysia. The role involves maintaining a mixed codebase (C++98 to C++20) and porting to a distributed platform while focusing on ultra-low latency and robust testing.

You will work with global teams in a fast-paced sprint rhythm, using Git, Jira, Gitlab, cmake, Nix, GCC, and Clang. A strong interest in modern financial markets and deep hardware awareness is desired.

Qualifications

• C++98 through C++11 minimum; prefer 14, 17, 20.
• Strong algorithms and software engineering skills.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Ability to refactor code safely and efficiently.
• gdb
• Willingness to do what is needed to get the job done.
• Humility, and an ability to take code review constructive criticism well.
• Willingness to perform code reviews for others in a constructive manner.

Responsibilities

• The trading systems require very low latency and optimized C++ that is robust and well tested.
• The team runs on a weekly sprint process, with daily stand ups over zoom with developers from around the world.
• We are C++ fanatics, using git, Jira, Gitlab, cmake, Nix, gcc, clang, etc.
• We love people who like to be close to metal and understand how computers really work under the hood.
• We also love people who enjoy modern financial markets and want to impact efficiency.
• We like studying programming languages and their evolution, knowing where C++23 and C++26 are going.

Skills

Strong algorithms

English proficiency

Refactor safely

Code reviews

Willingness to learn

Humility

Code review collaboration

Tools

GCC

Clang

Git

Jira

Gitlab

cmake

Nix

Job description

Large US hedge fund is looking for experienced C++ developers with some finance experience to help work on our global trading systems and to assist in porting them to a new distributed platform. This is a mixed code base of legacy C++98 and modern C++17/20, that is looking to move from a large monolithic system to a distributed platform.

Responsibilities:

The trading systems require very low latency and optimized C++ that is robust and well tested.

The team runs on a weekly sprint process, with daily "stand ups" over zoom with developers from around the world.

We are C++ fanatics, using git, Jira, Gitlab, cmake, Nix, gcc, clang, etc.

We love people who like to be "close to metal" and understand how computers really work under the hood, such as what a cache miss is, what a TLB miss is, what the costs of branch misprediction are, how to avoid kernel context switches, etc.

We also love people who enjoy modern financial markets, and want to make an impact on how they function, driving the world towards every increasing efficiency.

We like studying programming languages and their evolution, knowing where C++23 and C++26 are going, and generally keeping informed about technology.

Mandatory Skills Description:

C++98 through C++11 minimum, prefer experience with 14, 17, and 20

• Strong algorithms and software engineering skills
• Good written and spoken English
• Ability to refactor code safely and efficiently
• gdb
• Willingness to do what is needed to get the job done
• Humility, and an ability to take code review constructive criticism well
• Willingness to perform code reviews for others in a constructive manner

Nice-to-Have Skills Description:

• Knowledge of various open source libraries such as Boost, gtest, Abseil, DPDK, etc
• cmake
• Trading systems experience with equities, futures, FX, or commodities
• Experience with market protocols such as FIX, ITCH, or OUCH
• SBE
• Experience processing market data
• Experience with message buses such as Kafka, Pulsar, or Aeron
• Heavy template meta programming, particularly in modern C++17 and beyond style
• CI/CD and Devops experience, especially with Gitlab