CareerPlan

C++ Software Engineer - Market Data Infrastructure

USAFull-time$150k–$200k2026-11-09

Core

Building high-throughput, low-latency market-data infrastructure for equities, futures, and options across global venues.

Role type

Senior C++ Software Engineer (Market Data Infrastructure)

Builds

Real-time market-data feed infrastructure, reusable libraries for decoding/normalizing/publishing/consuming data

Domain

Quantitative finance / Financial markets

Required skills

C++14/17/20, low-latency system design, concurrency, lock-free algorithms, memory-model semantics, compiler optimizations, serialization (FAST/SBE/Protobuf), time-series databases, in-memory caches, Python for automation

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

C++, Python, FAST, SBE, Protocol Buffers

Responsibilities

Design and develop high-performance market-data infrastructure; create reusable libraries for data processing; diagnose production issues and maintain 24/7 infrastructure; work with quantitative researchers on data needs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC