High-Performance C++ Engineer for Quant Trading Systems

Trexquant-Investment-Lp; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health, dental, vision

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Weekly company meals

Job summary

Trexquant is seeking a talented C++ Developer to join its technology team in Stamford or NYC, building and enhancing the quantitative trading platform. You will design, develop, and optimize high-performance trading infrastructure, including order management systems, market data, and data platforms.

The role emphasizes modern C++ (C++17/20/23), distributed systems, memory efficiency, and low-latency code in a Linux environment, with collaboration between engineers and researchers to drive

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field; 1–3+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent via advanced academic research (MS/PhD).
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20/23) with understanding of data structures, algorithms, memory management, multithreading, and concurrency.
• Demonstrated ability to write efficient, production-quality C++ code with emphasis on speed and memory optimization.
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems with understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ infrastructure supporting trading systems, including OMS, market data, and data platforms.
• Build and optimize scalable, distributed systems with a focus on execution speed, memory efficiency, reliability, and throughput.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and quantitative researchers to create solutions and contribute to new infrastructure initiatives across the trading platform.

Skills

Modern C++

Distributed systems

Linux development

Networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Trexquant is seeking a talented C++ Developer to join its technology team in Stamford or NYC, building and enhancing the quantitative trading platform. You will design, develop, and optimize high-performance trading infrastructure, including order management systems, market data, and data platforms.

The role emphasizes modern C++ (C++17/20/23), distributed systems, memory efficiency, and low-latency code in a Linux environment, with collaboration between engineers and researchers to drive