C++ Developer

Setec Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Setec Alpha is seeking a C++ consultant for an initial 6-month contract in New York City. The role focuses on building and maintaining low-latency market data capture, storage, and distribution infrastructure with emphasis on performance and reliability.

Responsibilities include integrating connectivity to third-party data vendors and trading venues, profiling and optimizing systems for high throughput, and participating in on-call rotations to drive operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Strong CS fundamentals and IPC knowledge.
• Experience with memory-mapped files and low-latency systems.
• Familiarity with networking and TCP/IP.
• Ability to profile and optimize high-throughput systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain low-latency market data capture infrastructure.
• Integrate connectivity to third-party market data vendors and trading venues.
• Profile, benchmark, and optimize for latency and throughput.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.

Skills

C++

Low latency

Performance optimization

IPC

Job description

Our client is a Global Multi-Strat Hedge Fund. They are looking for a C++ Consultant on an initial 6-month contract in NYC.

Key Responsibilities/Experience:

• Design, develop, and maintain low-latency market data capture, storage and distribution infrastructure, with a focus on performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Integrate, support, and enhance connectivity to third-party market data vendors, data-distribution platforms, and electronic trading venues.
• Strong computer science, OS fundamentals and knowledge of algorithms, operating systems, and inter-process communication (IPC). Relevant areas include memory-mapped files, networking, TCP/IP stack, unicast/multicast protocols.
• Profile, benchmark, test and optimize systems for low latency, high throughput, and predictable performance.
• Build highly available and resilient trading and market data ingestion and distribution systems. Participate in on-call support rotations and contribute to incident investigation and continuous operational improvement.