Low-Latency C/C++ Engineer, ML-Driven Trading Systems

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE); New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE) in New York is seeking a Senior C/C++ Developer to build low-latency trading systems, spanning requirements, design, coding, testing, and production support for high-throughput environments.

The role emphasizes multithreaded C/C++ on Linux, performance tuning, and collaboration with business and sales teams, with opportunities to integrate ML models into latency-sensitive infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on C/C++ development on Linux.
• 2+ years of scripting experience, for example Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Experience with C++ unit testing frameworks and continuous integration (CI) tools.
• Experience with code analysis and coverage tools such as Coverity, Valgrind, and gcov.
• Experience of gradient boosting model or deep learning model is a plus.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP and multicast network protocols.
• Strong multithreading and performance-oriented programming skills.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted coding tools (for example, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar), including effective prompting techniques and reviewing generated code.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and propose technical solutions that deliver projects within cost, time, and quality targets.
• Work with project managers to build a work breakdown structure for each deliverable and provide realistic estimates.
• Develop and unit test all new or modified functionality following software development best practices.
• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers on integration, functional, and regression testing, and own the resolution of priority defects within your codebase.
• Promote software changes across all environments, safely and responsibly, through to live production.
• Provide on-call technical support during business hours and, on rotation, off-hours based on subject-matter expertise.
• Contribute to team exercises that identify and implement continuous improvements.

Skills

C/C++ development on Linux

Python scripting

C++ unit testing

CI tools

Code analysis tools

AI-assisted coding

Multithreading

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Coverity

Valgrind

gcov

Job description

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE) in New York is seeking a Senior C/C++ Developer to build low-latency trading systems, spanning requirements, design, coding, testing, and production support for high-throughput environments.

The role emphasizes multithreaded C/C++ on Linux, performance tuning, and collaboration with business and sales teams, with opportunities to integrate ML models into latency-sensitive infrastructure.