Low-Latency Embedded C++ Engineer for Trading Systems

Fintal Partners; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fintal Partners seeks an Embedded C++ Software Engineer to join its high-performance team. You will work on latency-sensitive trading systems close to hardware, designing and optimizing C++ software for maximum throughput and reliability.

You'll collaborate with traders and hardware engineers, owning projects from conception to production deployment and ongoing optimization in a demanding, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional modern C++ development.
• Strong understanding of performance-sensitive or real-time systems.
• Experience with Linux, multithreading, concurrency, networking, memory management, and CPU architecture.
• Experience developing software that interacts closely with hardware is desirable.
• Low-latency trading experience is a plus; strong performers from other perf environments welcome.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput trading systems.
• Optimize C++ applications for latency, throughput, and reliability.
• Work at the intersection of software and hardware, including FPGA/ASIC-based systems.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, networking, and system architecture.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers, traders, and other engineering teams.
• Own projects from design through production deployment and optimization.

Skills

C++

Linux

Multithreading

Concurrency

Networking

Memory management

CPU architecture

Hardware interaction

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Fintal Partners seeks an Embedded C++ Software Engineer to join its high-performance team. You will work on latency-sensitive trading systems close to hardware, designing and optimizing C++ software for maximum throughput and reliability.

You'll collaborate with traders and hardware engineers, owning projects from conception to production deployment and ongoing optimization in a demanding, fast-paced environment.