Low-Latency C++ Engineer – Trading Systems

Selby Jennings; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Competitive compensation

Ownership culture

Job summary

Selby Jennings seeks experienced C++ engineers to join a new Amsterdam engineering hub focused on ultra-low-latency trading systems. You will work across software, hardware, and networking to optimize real-time data paths and performance in a highly technical, collaborative environment.

The role offers work at the intersection of software and hardware, with opportunities to influence architecture and system performance. Relocation support is provided to join the Amsterdam team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience developing performance-critical software in modern C++ (C++17 or newer).
• Strong understanding of systems programming and low-level software architecture.
• Experience working in Linux environments with kernel tuning and performance profiling.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and system performance under load.
• Interest in performance optimization and solving complex engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize high-performance C++ systems for trading, market data, and infrastructure workloads.
• Analyze and improve latency across CPU, memory, cache, and networking layers.
• Build scalable and reliable components for real-time distributed systems.
• Work closely with hardware, networking, and FPGA teams to optimize critical data paths.
• Profile, benchmark, and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in production systems.
• Contribute to the design of next-generation low-latency architectures.

Skills

C++17+

Systems programming

Low-latency

Networking basics

Tools

Linux

Kernel tuning

Job description

Selby Jennings seeks experienced C++ engineers to join a new Amsterdam engineering hub focused on ultra-low-latency trading systems. You will work across software, hardware, and networking to optimize real-time data paths and performance in a highly technical, collaborative environment.

The role offers work at the intersection of software and hardware, with opportunities to influence architecture and system performance. Relocation support is provided to join the Amsterdam team.