C++ Software Engineer

Salary Base 150000-250000
LocationPhiladelphia
Employment type Permanent
Discipline

Job description

Software Developer to join a team responsible for designing and developing low-latency trading systems for our Index Desk.  As a developer on this team, you will work closely with traders and top technologists to enhance our trading capabilities by providing innovative, scalable and stable systems. We are looking for a strong C++ Developer with experience in performance and optimization.

In this role you will:

  • Make an impact on a successful desk working directly with traders.
  • Propose new ideas or gather requirements for additional functionality, both of which are brought into production quickly through our short development cycles.
  • Propose and investigate new technologies to help us stay ahead. 
What we're looking for
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline or its foreign equivalent
  • 5+ years of progressive experience developing software applications or HFT infrastructure. 
  • Experience with object oriented design and software development in a high-performance / high throughput environment using C++ (preferably in a Linux environment) is required
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy and a thorough understanding of full life-cycle development and performance optimization / latency reduction methodologies.
  • Ability to work closely with other software developers, traders, quants, and infrastructure teams