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About the Role
Flow Traders is seeking a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead the architecture of market data and execution platforms for systematic trading. This role focuses on extracting maximum performance from systems, treating market data as a source of alpha and a competitive edge.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and global rollout of the Core market data platform.
- Design and implement high-performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, distribution, and order execution.
- Develop tools and frameworks for quants and technical traders to build and deploy systematic strategies.
- Own the full lifecycle of components in a fast-paced, iterative environment, including deployment, monitoring, profiling, and optimization.
- Collaborate with engineers, quants, and traders to refine requirements and iterate on platform design.
Requirements
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
- Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems.
- Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
- Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
- Demonstrated ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable C++ code.
- Interest in extracting maximum performance from hardware and software.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues.
Skills
- Modern C++
- OS internals
- CPU and memory architecture
- Lock-free concurrency
- Low-latency networking
- Market data ingestion
- Order execution
- Algorithmic trading systems
- Parallel programming
- Asynchronous programming
- Multithreaded programming
- Performance optimization
Location
- NYC
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- BSc
- MSc
- PhD
Salary/Compensations
- $225,000 to $300,000 base range plus annual discretionary variable remuneration
Benefits
- Annual discretionary variable remuneration
About the Company
- Flow Traders is a global leader in electronic trading, providing liquidity in ETPs and other financial products. They emphasize open and transparent communication and use market research for salary ranges.
Equal Opportunity
- Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.