Low-Latency C++ Engineer for Trading Systems

Bowden Brown; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowden Brown is partnering with a globally recognised quantitative trading firm to recruit exceptional C++ Software Engineers for its Austin engineering team. You will tackle performance-critical challenges, build systems from the ground up, and own significant portions of the technology you develop, with direct impact on trading performance and reliability.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, traders and engineers to design, implement and optimize production trading systems, and influence

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional C++ development experience in quant trading or 5+ years in another demanding environment.
• Strong understanding of C++, algorithms, data structures and CS fundamentals.
• Experience building performance-critical software in distributed systems, OS, embedded tech, compilers or low-level infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop ultra-high-performance, low-latency C++ systems.
• Build core infrastructure for real-time market data, exchange connectivity and trading execution.
• Collaborate with researchers, traders and engineers to optimize production trading systems.
• Take ownership and influence architecture and technical direction.

Skills

C++ development

Low-latency systems

Concurrency

Performance optimization

Job description

Bowden Brown is partnering with a globally recognised quantitative trading firm to recruit exceptional C++ Software Engineers for its Austin engineering team. You will tackle performance-critical challenges, build systems from the ground up, and own significant portions of the technology you develop, with direct impact on trading performance and reliability.

You’ll collaborate with researchers, traders and engineers to design, implement and optimize production trading systems, and influence