Senior C++ Connectivity Engineer, Low-Latency Trading - Global Quantitative Trading Firm

A top-tier quantitative trading firm specializing in high-frequency, automated strategies is seeking an elite, performance-obsessed Senior C++ Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the exchange connectivity stack

Key Responsibilities

• Connectivity Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain the low-latency Feed Handlers and Order Gateways in modern C++.

• Optimization: Perform deep, system-level performance tuning using profiling tools to optimize for cache usage, memory alignment, and CPU affinity.

• Protocols: Develop and optimize custom implementations of financial protocols, including FIX, ITCH, FAST, and proprietary exchange binary APIs.

• Kernel Bypass: Implement and manage kernel-bypass networking solutions (e.g., DPDK, ExaNIC, Solarflare) to achieve deterministic performance.

• Systems Engineering: Apply expert knowledge of Linux internals (scheduling, memory management, huge pages) for resource isolation and stability.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years building and optimizing ultra-low latency systems in HFT or a similar domain.

• C++: Expert proficiency in modern C++, including template meta-programming and performance-critical STL usage.

• Concurrency: Mastery of multithreading, concurrent data structures, and lock-free programming with C++ atomics.

• Networking: Deep knowledge of low-level network programming, sockets, and Multicast/TCP/UDP.

• OS Internals: Advanced tuning experience with the Linux operating system and performance monitoring tools.

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative field.

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