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Senior C++ Developer – Trading Systems

Sanderson-iKas recruits for an unnamed high-frequency trading firm. This C++ engineer develops market-data, exchange-connectivity and execution components.

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.

Process streaming market data.
Build exchange and order-routing integrations.
Profile concurrent trading applications.

What they ask for

Required

Modern C++
Linux
Concurrent programming
Algorithms and data structures
Systems design

Preferred

FIX or binary feeds
Kernel bypass
Python or Rust

Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in computing or a related quantitative subject.
Experience: Five-plus years developing C++ software.
Languages and tools: C++
Linux
Python
Rust

How to prepare

Benchmark a concurrent market-data handler.
Study exchange protocol handling.
Profile latency under bursty load.

What to study

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