C++ Team Lead - Real-Time Trading Systems (Remote/Hybrid)

Yablon & Associates LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Remote-friendly

Tech budget

Milestone bonuses

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Yablon & Associates LLC in New York City seeks a C++ Team Lead for a buy-side fixed-income solution on our trading platform. You will guide a team of developers, drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.

You will code in C++ within a real-time, low-latency environment, mentor engineers, and collaborate with QA and Product teams to deliver customer value. Some remote work is available.

Qualifications

• 8+ years C++ development experience (C++11+).
• 2+ years in a leadership or team management role.
• Experience with large, sophisticated code bases.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Proficient in debugging with GDB, Address Sanitizer, etc.
• Expertise in multi-threading, low-latency systems, and performance tuning.
• Experience developing components in a distributed system.
• Clean coding style with readability in mind.
• Familiarity with Git; knowledge of networking protocols a plus.
• Experience in trading industry (fixed income) and with FIX.
• Linux experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Java is a plus.
• Experience with automated/unit testing is a plus.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Code day-to-day in C++ within a real-time, low-latency architecture.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of C++ developers.
• Oversee and lead discussions on software design, development, and optimization.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations or updates to stakeholders.
• Analyze and triage production incident reports from traders and support teams.
• Write high-level design documents and thorough documentation.
• Ensure software quality by developing integration and unit tests.
• Perform memory and resource management analysis as well as performance tuning.
• Actively propose fixes and enhancements to existing trading systems.
• Collaborate with QA and Product teams to deliver timely customer value.

Skills

C++11+/C++

Leadership

Low-latency

Multi-threading

Trading systems

Linux

GDB debugging

Git

Agile

Tools

GDB

AddressSanitizer

Networking

Git

Job description

Yablon & Associates LLC in New York City seeks a C++ Team Lead for a buy-side fixed-income solution on our trading platform. You will guide a team of developers, drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.

You will code in C++ within a real-time, low-latency environment, mentor engineers, and collaborate with QA and Product teams to deliver customer value. Some remote work is available.