Senior Software Engineer, C++ (Market Data)

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.

Requirements

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
• Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems (proprietary trading industry preferred).
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable C++ code.
• Interest in extracting maximum performance from available hardware and software (CPU caches, memory layout, networking, etc.).
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Qualifications

• Fluency in C++ and experience with modern C++ features such as RAII, smart pointers, and move semantics.
• Experience with low-level system programming and understanding of CPU and memory architecture.
• Knowledge of lock-free concurrency patterns and experience with thread-safe data structures.
• Experience with low-latency networking protocols and technologies.
• Experience with testing and debugging complex systems.

Skills

• Expertise in C++ programming.
• Understanding of low-level system programming and memory management.
• Experience with concurrent programming and multithreading.
• Knowledge of lock-free data structures and synchronization primitives.
• Experience with low-latency networking and message passing.

Benefits

At Flow Traders, we provide a competitive compensation package which includes a base range of $225,000 to $300,000 plus annual discretionary variable remuneration.

Pay

Base range: $225,000 to $300,000

Schedule

Full-time