Senior C++ Low-Latency Trading Engineer

P2P; New York (NY); On-site; USD 159,853 - 228,362; Full time

Job summary

Flow Traders in Amsterdam is seeking senior C++ Software Engineers to join our growing team. You will help build and optimize our event-driven, low-latency trading platform that serves researchers and traders worldwide.

C++ is central to handling vast data with reliability across multiple venues. You will lead development of our Core platform across market data, quantitative research, pricing, and strategies, collaborating with quants and traders to refine requirements, deploy features, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years post-graduation C++ software development experience.
• Experience in proprietary trading industry preferred.
• Ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable code.
• Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical business colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and global rollout of our Core platform used in multiple business/focus groups (Market data, Quantitative research, Pricing, Strategies).
• Be involved in a fast-paced iterative development process and validate deliverables with traders or quants.
• Develop tools/frameworks for data-driven pricing and trading strategies.
• Collaborate with focus group engineers, Quants and Technical traders to refine requirements and iterate on designs.
• Write software that communicates with exchanges through APIs (FIX, Websocket, HTTP) and optimize exchange connectivity.
• Ensure software quality with testing suites and performance improvements.
• Research exchange behavior to align with external exchanges and optimize kernel bypass and TLS handling.
• Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions.

Skills

C++ software development

Parallel programming

Multithreading

Algorithms & data structures

Communication with stakeholders

Education

BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science or Mathematics

Job description

Flow Traders in Amsterdam is seeking senior C++ Software Engineers to join our growing team. You will help build and optimize our event-driven, low-latency trading platform that serves researchers and traders worldwide.

C++ is central to handling vast data with reliability across multiple venues. You will lead development of our Core platform across market data, quantitative research, pricing, and strategies, collaborating with quants and traders to refine requirements, deploy features, and