Our client is seeking a talented Low Latency Software Developer to join a highly collaborative engineering team responsible for building and enhancing mission-critical trading and research infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to work within an intellectually stimulating environment where engineering excellence is at the center of the business. This position is ideal for individuals who enjoy tackling complex engineering challenges, optimizing performance, and delivering robust software within demanding production environments.
Responsibilities
Requirements

Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize low-latency, high-throughput software systems used in production trading and research environments.
- Build scalable infrastructure to support efficient storage, retrieval, and analysis of historical market data.
- Develop and enhance simulation platforms used for testing and validating trading strategies.
- Create tools that improve system monitoring, performance measurement, and operational efficiency.
- Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and global engineering teams to solve complex technical problems.
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering standards.
- Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve reliability and scalability.
- Stay informed about emerging technologies and industry best practices in high-performance computing and software engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong software development experience using C++ in performance-critical environments.
- Good working knowledge of Python for automation, tooling, or application development.
- Solid understanding of Linux operating systems and development environments.
- Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to identify, analyze, and resolve technical challenges.
- Experience working within fast-paced technology organizations and managing multiple priorities effectively.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Exposure to trading systems, market data platforms, simulation environments, distributed systems, or high-performance computing environments would be advantageous.

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