C++ Reliability Engineer - Low-Latency Trading

NJF Global Holdings Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NJF Global Holdings Ltd is seeking a strong C++ engineer to own and keep fast the firm's trading stack behind quoting, strategy engines, market data handlers and order gateways.

You will fix production crashes and latency spikes on the hot path, lead the response during trading hours, and build monitoring and automation to prevent repeats. The role emphasizes reliability targets and safe releases, with learning on the job for markets and in-house tooling.

Qualifications

• Strong C++ engineer comfortable with production systems.
• Experience in latency-sensitive, high-uptime environments.
• Ability to diagnose and fix production issues in a trading stack.

Responsibilities

• Keep the trading stack running and fast behind quoting and strategy engines.
• Fix production crashes and latency spikes on the hot path.
• Lead incident response during trading hours and ship fixes.
• Build monitoring and automation to prevent repeats and set reliability targets.

Skills

C++

Systems programming

Latency optimization

Tools

Linux

GDB

Perf tools

Job description

NJF Global Holdings Ltd is seeking a strong C++ engineer to own and keep fast the firm's trading stack behind quoting, strategy engines, market data handlers and order gateways.

You will fix production crashes and latency spikes on the hot path, lead the response during trading hours, and build monitoring and automation to prevent repeats. The role emphasizes reliability targets and safe releases, with learning on the job for markets and in-house tooling.