Senior C++ Trading Systems Architect & Builder

J K Barnes; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

J K Barnes, in partnership with an established systematic hedge fund, seeks a hands-on technical leader to design, build and scale its order management and trading infrastructure across asset classes and frequencies. You will work with the CEO and CTO to shape architecture and lead meaningful greenfield development.

This role blends architectural decision-making with substantial hands-on coding in C++, with experience in backtesting or execution simulation a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong production C++ expertise and a track record of building and scaling order management or trading systems.
• Ability to explain architecture choices, trade-offs and what was delivered.
• Experience building backtesting engines, research infrastructure or execution simulation is relevant.
• Depth in fixed income, futures or options.
• Hedge fund or prop trading backgrounds welcomed; seniority possible.

Responsibilities

• Design and build OMS and trading infrastructure supporting an expanding systematic business.
• Solve engineering challenges across fixed income, futures and options.
• Scale systems across medium- and higher-frequency trading.
• Bring research, simulation and production trading requirements into architectural decisions.
• Combine technical leadership with substantial hands-on development.

Skills

C++ development

Trading systems

OMS design

Backtesting engines

Execution simulation

Systems scaling

Hedge fund experience

Job description

J K Barnes, in partnership with an established systematic hedge fund, seeks a hands-on technical leader to design, build and scale its order management and trading infrastructure across asset classes and frequencies. You will work with the CEO and CTO to shape architecture and lead meaningful greenfield development.

This role blends architectural decision-making with substantial hands-on coding in C++, with experience in backtesting or execution simulation a plus.