Strong Low Latency C++ developer - Penang (Malaysia)

Luxoft; Penang; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft is seeking experienced C++ developers with finance exposure to work on global trading systems and port them to a new distributed platform. The role covers a mixed codebase from C++98 to modern C++17/20, aiming to move from a monolithic system to a distributed solution.

Responsibilities include delivering high-performance, robust C++ code, participating in weekly sprints and daily stand-ups with global teams, and using tools like git, Jira, Gitlab, cmake, Nix, gcc, and clang.

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

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 where C++23 and C++26 are going

Skills

C++

Algorithms

Refactoring

English

Code reviews

GDB

Tools

Git

Jira

Gitlab

cmake

Nix

gcc/clang

CI/CD

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