Senior C++ Dev

act digital; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 90 000 - 125 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

act digital in Lisbon is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to design, develop, and optimize a high-performance electronic trading platform, focusing on ultra-low latency and scalable architectures. You will work on multi-threaded Linux systems, implement modern C++17/20, lead technical initiatives for greenfield projects, and collaborate with distributed teams across trading, quantitative, and business units.

This role emphasizes ownership of the full SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, rigorous testing, and

Qualificações

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams (2+ years preferred).
• 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.

Responsabilidades

• Own the full lifecycle of platform components—from development and testing to CI/CD, production support, maintenance, and continuous optimization.
• Collaborate closely with Production Support teams to ensure reliable deployments, incident resolution, and continuous platform improvements.
• 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.

Conhecimentos

C++

Low latency

Multi-threading

Linux

CI/CD

SDLC

Agile methodologies

Technical leadership

Trading platforms

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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
• Development
• Testing
• 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)
• High-Performance Multi-threading
• CPU Affinity & Thread Pinning
• Advanced Networking Concepts
• Direct Hardware & Network Optimizations
• Greenfield Development

Every optimization matters.

Every microsecond counts.

Required Experience

5+ years of professional software development experience.

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

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.

Core Technologies

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