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Low-Latency C++ Developer, Global Quantitative Systematic Trading Firm - J12714

Pinpoint Asia recruits for an unnamed systematic trading firm. The role optimises latency-sensitive C++ applications and handles production performance problems.

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.

Develop trading-system components.
Profile memory and processor usage.
Investigate real-time performance failures.

What they ask for

Required

Modern C++
Memory management
Concurrency
Distributed architecture
English communication

Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in computing or a quantitative discipline.
Experience: At least three years in financial trading technology.
Languages and tools: C++
Linux

How to prepare

Profile memory allocation in a trading service.
Benchmark concurrent C++ structures.
Test behaviour under peak message rates.

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