CareerPlan

C++ Engineer - London- Global Quant Firm

London, England, GBFull-time£200k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Expert C++ engineer for a core UI team building real-time trading applications and information-rich visualizations based on archived data.

Role type

Senior C++ Engineer (High-Performance Backend & Full-Stack)

Builds

Highly optimized back-end services on Linux and C++/Qt/React front-end applications for real-time trading and data visualization.

Domain

Quantitative Finance / High-Frequency Trading

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Modern C++ (11/14/17/20), Linux systems programming, Scalable back-end services development, Code review

Preferred skills

Typescript, Javascript, React, Qt, Python

Technologies

C++, Linux, Qt, Typescript, React, Python

Responsibilities

Write highly optimized code for high-performance back-ends running on Linux to process huge amounts of data; Contribute to C++ front-end code for Qt desktop applications; Contribute to Typescript/React for web applications; Provide code review feedback to others.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC