C+ Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners like traders and quants to enhance existing strategies and infrastructure or build new systems entirely from the ground up.
• Projects can span low-latency distributed platforms, real-time data messaging, exchange integration, automation tools, and large-scale data processing.
• Research, propose technical solutions, and deliver robust, high-performance software into a modern C++17/20 production environment.
• Work closely with other teams including front office, operations, pricing, exchange access, risk management, and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with modern C++ (v17/20 ideal).
• Multi-threaded and distributed systems skills.
• Strong analytical and communication abilities.
• Low latency development expertise.
• Financial markets domain knowledge (nice to have).
• Messaging and scalable platform experience (nice to have).

Our client is an industry-leading proprietary trading firm managing over $20 billion in assets and is currently expanding their teams in Chicago. Leveraging state-of-the-art technologies at the forefront of pricing and risk management systems, they solve complex trading problems across global markets. They are looking for a C++ Engineer to join their tight-knit technology team working on vital firm-wide initiatives including exchange connectivity, order execution, platform services, and data engineering.

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