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Software Engineer – C++, Trading Strategies

A low-latency C++ engineering role on the trading strategies team of an options market maker. Engineers work with traders and researchers to deliver strategies to market.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Design and deploy low-latency trading strategies in modern C++
Analyse performance and tune parallel code
Work with traders and researchers on strategy changes
Lead projects and architecture decisions

What they ask for

Required

3+ years of modern C++20 or later
Multi-threaded programming
Distributed systems, data structures and algorithms
Data-driven decision making
Degree in CS, engineering or maths
Clear communication

Preferred

Trading strategy experience or demonstrated interest in markets

Education: Bachelor's in CS, engineering, maths or equivalent
Experience: 3+ years developing performant C++ applications
Languages and tools: C++
Markets: options

How to prepare

Build a lock-free queue or order book in C++20 with benchmarks
Study cache effects, NUMA and network latency
Learn how strategies consume market data
Practise performance profiling with perf-style tools

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Akuna Capital and doesn’t handle applications.