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C++ Engineer - London & Singapore- Global Trading

Oxford Knight advertises C++ engineering roles for an unnamed global trading firm. The engineer designs and improves algorithms used by trading teams in London and Singapore.

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.

Implement trading algorithms in C++
Optimise algorithm and software performance
Collaborate with researchers and traders
Evaluate technical changes to trading systems

What they ask for

Required

Five or more years of commercial C++
Algorithmic trading systems
Strong software engineering
Computing or AI academic background

Preferred

Execution algorithms
Large-scale data processing
High-performance computing

Education: Computing, AI or related degree; the advertiser specifies a top-50 global university.
Experience: 5+ years of commercial C++ development.
Languages and tools: C++

How to prepare

Implement and benchmark a trading-algorithm component
Explain performance choices with measured results
Design tests for an execution algorithm under unusual market inputs

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