Low-Latency C++ Engineer- Quant Trading / HFT
Core
Designing and optimizing high-performance C++ trading systems for real-time market data, execution, and risk management in quantitative trading and HFT environments.
Role type
Senior IC low-latency C++ engineer
Builds
Production trading infrastructure including market data feeds, exchange connectivity, order books, and execution systems
Domain
Financial services / Quantitative Trading / High-Frequency Trading
Required skills
Modern C++, concurrency, memory management, Linux/systems programming, CPU/cache/memory optimization, profiling, network programming
Preferred skills
Trading experience, understanding of hardware-level performance
Technologies
C++, Linux, modern CPU architecture
Responsibilities
Design high-performance C++ trading systems, optimize critical paths for latency and throughput, implement multithreading and lock-free programming, profile and eliminate jitter and tail latency, take ownership of live production systems
