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Quantitative Developer – C++ (Trading Teams EMEA)

A C++ developer role on a high-frequency trading team in London, improving the research framework. It gives daily support to on-site quant researchers.

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.

Build parts of a low-latency trading platform
Extend a tick-by-tick backtesting platform
Optimise parallel computation on large data
Build tools for market data and simulation
Support the on-site research team

What they ask for

Required

Strong C++
Data structures and algorithms
Object-oriented programming
Problem solving
Multitasking
Communication

Preferred

Python
Financial markets experience

Education: Bachelor's, master's or PhD in computer science, engineering or similar (or equivalent experience).
Experience: Not stated; entry-to-mid level implied
Languages and tools: C++
Python

How to prepare

Write and benchmark a small order-book in C++
Practise algorithm problems
Learn modern C++ concurrency
Study how backtests replay market data

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