Senior Software Engineer Market Connectivity

Job Summary

In this role you will be responsible for the high-performance backend systems that connect to various exchanges, balancing the meticulous maintenance of legacy code with the engineering of modern, low-latency optimizations.

The ideal candidate is a C++ specialist who enjoys the challenge of real-time systems programming and doesn t mind occasionally jumping into the frontend to ensure end-to-end functionality for market-related changes.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining existing legacy codebase for backend applications, specifically on the exchange connectivity side
• Engineering improvements and optimizations for existing performance and memory bottlenecks
• Improving or building tools and automated tests for existing markets / exchanges
• Occasionally maintaining frontend codebase for exchange / market related changes
• Work closely with other engineers to design and implement the changes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Skills & Experience

• Substantial professional experience with >= C++17
• Proficiency with object-oriented design and development
• Proficiency with Linux at a systems-level for developing real-time software (lock-free and wait-free design patterns)
• Understanding of multi-threading and memory ordering concepts
• Understanding of low-latency network programming
• Experience with C++ template
• Experience with Python for developing tools and automated testing
• GDB coredump debugging experience

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience with Javascript for Web / GUI / frontend development
• Familiarity with financial markets and exchange protocols (e.g. FIX)
• Experience with Valgrind, gprof, perf, or similar performance analysis tools

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