Low-Latency C++ Engineer for High-Speed Trading

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business partners with a leading prop trading firm to place engineers at the heart of the business, focusing on performance, efficiency and real-time systems. The role emphasizes building high-performance, low-latency C++ systems, tackling multithreading and memory management, and collaborating with top engineers to deliver reliable, scalable platforms.

You will operate close to the hardware, optimise for speed, and contribute to systems that run at scale in a

Qualifications

• Building high-performance, low-latency C++ systems.
• Experience with multithreading and concurrency.
• Optimising for performance and efficiency.
• Designing scalable, reliable real-time systems.

Skills

C++

Low-latency

Multithreading

Concurrency

Performance tuning

Job description

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business partners with a leading prop trading firm to place engineers at the heart of the business, focusing on performance, efficiency and real-time systems. The role emphasizes building high-performance, low-latency C++ systems, tackling multithreading and memory management, and collaborating with top engineers to deliver reliable, scalable platforms.

You will operate close to the hardware, optimise for speed, and contribute to systems that run at scale in a