C++ Engineer

Kalpa Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Kalpa Group is seeking a skilled engineer to design and operate the trading infrastructure that connects investment strategies to live markets. You will own critical real-time services and ensure uptime and correctness in production environments.

You will collaborate with researchers and engineers, owning systems end-to-end and leading incident response when production issues occur. This role emphasizes clear communication, rigorous attention to detail, and strong analytical abilities.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years experience building production distributed systems.
• Track record of owning real-time, production-grade services.
• Solid understanding of event-driven and distributed system design.
• Operational experience: observability, debugging under pressure, incident response.
• Sharp communicator, analytically strong, detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the trading infrastructure that puts the firm's strategies into live markets.
• Build and run real-time services where correctness and uptime are non-negotiable.
• Integrate with external exchanges, venues, and counterparties.
• Take ownership of production operations — observability, alerting, and incident response.

Skills

Distributed systems

Real-time services

Observability

Incident response

Communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

FIX protocol

OMS/EMS systems

Job description

We're hiring on behalf of a quantitative investment firm for a role building and running the systems that connect its investment strategies to live markets. Correctness and uptime aren't nice-to-haves here — the team that builds these systems also carries the pager for them.

You'll work closely with researchers and engineers across the business. The right candidate owns their systems end-to-end, stays level-headed when production issues hit, communicates clearly, and doesn't cut corners on detail.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the trading infrastructure that puts the firm's strategies into live markets
• Build and run real-time services where correctness and uptime are non-negotiable
• Integrate with external exchanges, venues, and counterparties
• Take ownership of production operations — observability, alerting, and incident response

What We're Looking For

• 3–7 years' experience building production distributed systems
• A track record of owning real-time, production-grade services
• Solid understanding of event-driven and distributed system design
Real operational experience: observability, debugging under pressure, incident responseSharp communicator, analytically strong, detail-oriented

Bonus Points

• Experience building or operating execution platforms or OMS/EMS systemsFIX protocol or other real-time market connectivity experienceFamiliarity with market microstructureLow-latency performance optimization experience