One of the most technically sophisticated electronic trading firms is seeking an exceptional C++ Engineer to help architect and develop the low-latency systems at the heart of its global trading platform.
This is an opportunity to solve some of the most challenging engineering problems in financial markets, building performance-critical infrastructure where microseconds, reliability and architectural decisions have a direct impact on trading performance.
You'll work across the entire electronic trading lifecycle, developing the distributed systems responsible for market data, pricing, order routing, execution and real-time risk management.
This is a founding engineering position offering greenfield technical ownership, architectural influence and the opportunity to shape the evolution of a sophisticated trading platform.
What you'll be doing
- Architecting and developing high-performance trading systems using modern C++
- Building latency-critical infrastructure across market data, pricing, execution and order management
- Designing highly concurrent, distributed systems capable of processing real-time market information
- Optimising performance across CPU utilisation, memory management, network I/O and thread contention
- Engineering robust messaging infrastructure connecting critical components of the trading platform
- Profiling and benchmarking systems to improve latency, throughput and operational resilience
- Driving architectural decisions and delivering complex engineering projects from design through production
You bring
- Exceptional modern C++ development skills, ideally C++17/20
- Experience designing and building performance-critical distributed systems
- Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency and low-level systems programming
- Experience optimising latency-sensitive applications through profiling and performance analysis
- Strong Linux systems knowledge and understanding of networking fundamentals
- Experience with market data, exchange connectivity or electronic trading infrastructure would be highly valuable
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Founding Trading Systems Developer | Low Latency C++ | Electronic Trading | London in City of London employer: Stanford Black Limited
Stanford Black Limited is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration within the AWS Cloud Engineering team in London. Employees benefit from extensive growth opportunities, hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and a commitment to operational excellence, making it a rewarding environment for those passionate about cloud networking and automation.
