One of the world’s leading investment firms is to expanding its systematic and high-frequency trading capabilities, building low-latency execution and market data infrastructure used by Portfolio Managers and Researchers across multiple asset classes.
Role
They’re looking for an exceptional C++ Engineer to join a growing HFT engineering team in London, building core low-latency infrastructure for live trading and research.
You’ll work across order entry, real-time market data, exchange simulation, feature extraction and strategy infrastructure, developing production-grade systems where latency, throughput and reliability are critical.
Working closely with Quant Researchers, Portfolio Managers and other engineers, you’ll have significant ownership and influence over the architecture of a major HFT platform as it grows.
Requirements
5+ years’ experience building production-grade, low-latency systems
Strong Linux, networking and low-level systems knowledge
Experience with market data, order entry or similar trading infrastructure
Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills
OS tuning, kernel bypass and user-space networking
Exchange simulation / strategy infrastructure
Market-leading base + bonuses + generous benefits
Major HFT build-out with significant project ownership
Work directly with Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers
Scope for future technical leadership
Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.
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