Low-Latency C++ Architect for Market Data & Trading

Flow Traders; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Flow Traders is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead the next-generation architecture of our market data and execution platforms in Amsterdam. You will shape core components, optimize for low latency, and collaborate with quants and traders to deliver robust, scalable software across venues.

As a senior contributor, you will own design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive performance, observability, and reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of post-graduation C++ software development experience.
• Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable C++ code.
• Interest in extracting maximum performance from available hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and global rollout of our Core market data platform used across multiple focus areas (Market data, Research engineering, Pricing, Strategies).
• Design and implement high-performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, and distribution, as well as its usage for order execution and strategy infrastructure.
• Develop tools and frameworks that enable quants and technical traders to build, tune, and deploy data-driven systematic pricing and trading strategies.
• Own the full lifecycle of your components in a fast-paced, iterative environment: deploy, monitor, profile, and optimize your code in production.
• Work closely with focus group engineers, quants, and technical traders to refine requirements, collect feedback, and iterate on the platform's design and implementation.

Skills

C++

Low-latency

Multithreading

Algorithms & DS

Parallel programming

Technical communication

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in CS/Math

Job description

Flow Traders is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead the next-generation architecture of our market data and execution platforms in Amsterdam. You will shape core components, optimize for low latency, and collaborate with quants and traders to deliver robust, scalable software across venues.

As a senior contributor, you will own design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive performance, observability, and reliability across the stack.