Low-Latency C++ Systems Engineer – Global Hardware

Selby Jennings; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a C++ Developer to join its Global Hardware team in Chicago, IL. You will design, build, and optimize software used to manage hardware platforms within a highly distributed, low-latency environment.

Collaborate with software, networking, systems, and hardware engineers to tackle challenging scale problems, design high-performance applications, and contribute to architecture decisions that improve efficiency and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience developing software in C++.
• Solid CS fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications and trading systems in C++
• Build tooling, services, and infrastructure to support global hardware platforms
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability
• Partner with hardware, networking, and infrastructure teams to improve operational efficiency
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed systems
• Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering best practices

Skills

C++ development

Algorithms & DS

Debugging

Collaboration

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking a C++ Developer to join its Global Hardware team in Chicago, IL. You will design, build, and optimize software used to manage hardware platforms within a highly distributed, low-latency environment.

Collaborate with software, networking, systems, and hardware engineers to tackle challenging scale problems, design high-performance applications, and contribute to architecture decisions that improve efficiency and reliability.