Low-Latency C++ Engineer for High-Performance Systems

Fintal Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fintal Partners is hiring experienced C++ Software Engineers to build highly performant, latency-sensitive systems for its global trading environment. This core engineering role blends system-level work with challenging optimizations across C++, Linux, networking, CPU performance, and distributed systems.

You will own critical components, collaborate with technical teams, and contribute to a robust trading infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with modern C++.
• Solid CS fundamentals.
• Experience in Linux/UNIX environments.
• Knowledge of systems performance, networking, concurrency, or distributed systems.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to reason about software at architectural and implementation levels.
• Interest in performance optimization for technically challenging systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize high-performance C++ systems.
• Develop low-latency market data, execution, and trading infrastructure.
• Profile and optimize production code for latency and throughput.
• Work with Linux, networking, and performance-critical systems.
• Improve system and processor-level performance.
• Build scalable infrastructure for technical and research workflows.

Skills

Years of experience

Modern C++

CS fundamentals

Linux/UNIX

Systems performance

Networking

Debugging

Architectural thinking

Performance optimization

Job description

Fintal Partners is hiring experienced C++ Software Engineers to build highly performant, latency-sensitive systems for its global trading environment. This core engineering role blends system-level work with challenging optimizations across C++, Linux, networking, CPU performance, and distributed systems.

You will own critical components, collaborate with technical teams, and contribute to a robust trading infrastructure.