C++ Developer

WSN is looking for Senior Software Engineers to join a new project working at the forefront of financial markets technology with a leading global hedge fund! We take pride in continuous innovation, high performance, effective mentoring and coaching and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

About the role

You'll build a new analytics library from concept to launch, using the latest technologies and taking ownership of key aspects of design, coding, testing and deployment

What you'll do

• Develop best-in-class distributed systems to efficiently process financial market data
• Effectively resolve ambiguity, analyze complex requirements and break down features and initiatives into tactical tasks
• Navigate trade-offs effectively across MVP vs. enterprise-grade, time-to-market and other relevant dimensions
• Apply engineering best practices, including unit, integration, end-to-end, stress and performance testing
• Search for the truth in product conceptualization and development, ensuring designs and implementations are fully aligned with the project mission and product goals

About you

• At least a BSc in Computer Science or related field
• Software development experience, including mastery of modern C++20 language fundamentals (examples: static member functions, virtual functions, lambdas, move operators, and the various kinds of reference types)
• Strong computer science and programming fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)
• Demonstrate good judgment in the application of imperative, OO and functional styles
• Master of core engineering concepts, including design patterns, frameworks, best practices, run-time optimizations and algorithmic complexity
• Solid understanding of concepts like load balancing, HA/failover, ingress, egress, inter-service communications, idempotence, ACID, guaranteed delivery, etc.
• Technical expertise with distributed APIs, connectivity technologies such as message distribution, publish/subscribe, queuing, TCP, UDP, multicast. FIX, ITCH or equivalent market data protocol experience is desirable
• Able to understand and articulate the architecture of an entire system, including the technical trade-offs between different design implementations
• Great working openly and collaboratively with a diverse multi-disciplinary team
• Effective collaboration with stakeholders
• Dedicated to continuous self-improvement - constantly seeking to learn new technologies, innovate and Client better ways to solve engineering challenges
• Keen to solve the engineering challenges of high-performance trading systems and APIs, including performance tuning and latency optimizations