Senior C++ Engineer - Low-Latency Market Data Platform

P2P; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Flow Traders in Chicago is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead a next‑generation Core Platform for market data and execution. You will push low‑latency paths from wire to strategy, shaping architecture and guiding performance and observability.

As a senior IC, you’ll own components end-to-end, collaborate with quants and traders, and ensure robust, scalable code across hundreds of venues. The role demands 7+ years of C++ experience and deep knowledge of OS internals and concurrent

Qualifications

• 7+ years of post‑graduation C++ software development experience.
• Experience building low‑latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
• Ability to write clean, reliable, and scalable C++ code.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and global rollout of our Core market data platform used across multiple focus areas (Market data, Research engineering, Pricing, Strategies).
• Design and implement high‑performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, and distribution, as well as its usage for order execution and strategy infrastructure.
• Develop tools and frameworks that enable quants and technical traders to build, tune, and deploy data‑driven systematic pricing and trading strategies.
• Own the full lifecycle of your components in a fast‑paced, iterative environment: deploy, monitor, profile, and optimize your code in production.
• Work closely with focus group engineers, quants, and technical traders to refine requirements, collect feedback, and iterate on the platform's design and implementation.

Skills

C++

Low-latency

Multithreaded programming

Lock-free concurrency

OS internals

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in CS/Math/related field

Job description

Flow Traders in Chicago is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead a next‑generation Core Platform for market data and execution. You will push low‑latency paths from wire to strategy, shaping architecture and guiding performance and observability.

As a senior IC, you’ll own components end-to-end, collaborate with quants and traders, and ensure robust, scalable code across hundreds of venues. The role demands 7+ years of C++ experience and deep knowledge of OS internals and concurrent