Hybrid C++ Engineer - Ultra-Low Latency Trading

Consort Group; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Consort Group in Lisbon is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to design, develop, and enhance a high-performance electronic trading platform with ultra-low latency requirements. You will build and maintain core components, including trading models, trading frameworks, market data distribution, and exchange connectivity, using modern C++ on Linux.

You will work across the SDLC, applying advanced concurrency techniques, optimization strategies, and CI/CD practices to deliver scalable trading solutions.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams (2+ years preferred).
• Strong background in high-performance, low-latency, distributed systems.
• Experience on electronic trading platforms or mission-critical real-time applications.
• Solid understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and enhance a high-performance electronic trading platform.
• Build and maintain core components: trading models, frameworks, market data distribution, exchange connectivity.
• Develop software using modern C++ with emphasis on throughput and latency.
• Work on Linux-based systems with multi-threading and memory optimization.
• Participate in SDLC activities: analysis, design, development, testing, reviews, and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with Production Support for deployments and improvements.
• Own full lifecycle of platform components and contribute to next-generation services.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver scalable, resilient trading solutions.
• Continuously identify performance and reliability improvements.

Conhecimentos

Distributed systems

Low-latency design

C++ programming

Multi-threading

Performance optimization

SDLC & Agile

Team leadership

Algorithmic thinking

Ferramentas

Modern C++ (C++11/14/17/20)

STL

Boost

Linux Development

GCC

CMake

GDB

Git

CI/CD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Descrição do cargo

What You\'ll Be Doing

As a Senior C++ Engineer, you will:

Design, develop, and enhance a high-performance electronic trading platform supporting ultra-low latency algorithmic trading.

Build and maintain core platform components, including:

• Algorithmic Trading Models
• Trading Frameworks
• Market Data Distribution Systems
• Exchange Connectivity
• High-performance Utilities and Infrastructure Components

Develop software using modern C++ (C++17/C++20) while applying advanced programming techniques to maximize throughput and minimize latency.

Work on highly optimized Linux-based systems, leveraging multi-threading, CPU affinity, memory optimization, and efficient concurrency models.

Contribute to innovative greenfield projects, designing new platform capabilities and next-generation trading services.

Participate throughout the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including:

• Technical Analysis
• Architecture & Design
• Development
• Testing
• Code Reviews
• Performance Optimization
• Documentation

Collaborate closely with Production Support teams to ensure reliable deployments, incident resolution, and continuous platform improvements.

Own the full lifecycle of platform components—from development and testing to CI/CD, production support, maintenance, and continuous optimization.

Work alongside globally distributed engineering, quantitative, and business teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and mission-critical trading solutions.

Continuously identify opportunities to improve platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity.

What Makes This Role Exciting

You\'ll work with cutting-edge technologies including:

• Ultra-Low Latency Architectures
• Modern C++ (17/20)
• Linux Performance Optimization
• High-Performance Multi-threading
• CPU Affinity & Thread Pinning
• Advanced Networking Concepts
• Direct Hardware & Network Optimizations
• Greenfield Development
• Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Every optimization matters. Every microsecond counts.

What We\'re Looking For

Required Experience

5+ years of professional software development experience.

Previous experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams (2+ years preferred).

Strong experience developing high-performance, low-latency, or real-time distributed systems .

Experience working on electronic trading platforms , financial systems, or other mission-critical real-time applications is highly valued.

Strong understanding of modern Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.

Experience participating in modernization, migration, or large-scale refactoring projects.

Technical Skills

Core Technologies

• Modern C++ (C++11 / C++14 / C++17 / C++20)
• STL
• Boost
• Linux Development
• GCC
• CMake
• GDB
• Git
• CI/CD

Strong Knowledge Of

• Object-Oriented Design
• Design Patterns
• Software Architecture
• Concurrent Programming
• Multi-threading
• Memory Management
• Algorithms & Data Structures
• Performance Optimization
• Low-Latency Systems

Nice to Have

• Python
• Bash / Shell Scripting
• UNIX Scripting
• FIX Protocol
• Financial Messaging Protocols
• Electronic Trading Platforms
• Capital Markets / FinTech Experience