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Senior Software Engineer, C++

Amsterdam office💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the architecture and development of high-performance market data and execution platforms for fully systematic trading.

Role type

Senior individual contributor C++ software engineer (low-latency trading systems)

Builds

Core market data platform, order execution systems, and strategy infrastructure for quantitative research and trading

Domain

Proprietary trading / Financial markets / Low-latency systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Modern C++, low-latency system design, lock-free concurrency, OS internals, CPU/memory architecture, networking, algorithms and data structures, parallel/multithreaded programming

Preferred skills

Experience in proprietary or systematic trading environments, deep understanding of exchange microstructure

Technologies

C++

Responsibilities

Lead development and global rollout of the Core market data platform; Design and implement high-performance components for data ingestion, normalization, and distribution; Develop tools and frameworks for quants and traders to build systematic strategies; Own the full lifecycle of components including deployment, monitoring, profiling, and optimization; Collaborate with quants and traders to refine requirements and iterate on design

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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