Sr. C++ Engineer - Distributed Systems

Algo Capital Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading $60BN global systematic hedge fund is seeking a Senior C++ Engineer to work on its multi-billion technology trading platform. The role involves optimizing high-performance systems within distributed computing architecture while collaborating with quant traders. This position offers exceptional compensation, bonuses, and long-term career advancement opportunities.

Benefits

Generous medical coverage

Paid parental leave

Outstanding benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong C++ expertise with advanced experience required.
• Experience with high performance computing environments and distributed systems.
• Ability to lead and coordinate technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining trading platforms.
• Improving technical solutions to enhance research efficiency.
• Collaborating with quant traders and software engineers across teams.

Skills

C++ expertise

System/Processor Performance

Resource Scheduling

Data Caching

Parallel Processing

Multi-threading

Distributed File Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

UNIX (Linux)

Python

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Algo Capital Group

A world-leading $60BN global systematic hedge fund is looking for a Sr. C++ Engineer to be a part of its multi-billion technology trading platform working on distributed systems. They are looking for a candidate with strong technology experience across multiple disciplines, distributed computing architecture, and high-performance systems. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the firms trading platforms.

About the Position:

As an Experienced C++ Engineer focused on Distributed Compute, you will develop and improve technical solutions that make research efficient. You'll work in a customized research environment featuring advanced CPU and GPU compute, storage, and networking technology. This role spans the entire software stack, from user-level APIs to optimizing low-level caching performance. You'll tackle both theoretical challenges like fair resource scheduling and concrete problems like optimizing run-time performance. In this role you will collaborate with quant traders and software engineers across all trading teams.

Skills Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Strong C++ expertise with advanced experience required
• Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
• Experience with Python
• Experience with resource scheduling, data caching, and job monitoring systems
• Ability to optimize workloads at both user and infrastructure level
• Experience with high performance computing environments and distributed systems
• Knowledge of metrics collection and visualization for system performance analysis
• Experience collaborating closely across teams
• Experience setting technical direction and taking ownership of software infrastructure
• Familiarity with both in-house and open source solutions for research environments
• Ability to lead and coordinate technical initiatives
• Experience with parallel processing, multi-threading, and concurrent programming
• Knowledge of distributed file systems and compute clusters

This position offers top industry compensation, guaranteed annual bonus and long term career advancement working for a world-leading hedge fund that is building the next generation risk platform in electronic trading. Their outstanding benefits package include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, and a variety of other perks focused on providing the best employee experience. For more information, please apply now.

Location: [New York, New York]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance, Information Technology, and Engineering

• Industries

  Financial Services, Engineering Services, and Capital Markets

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