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C++ Developer

The technology team is expanding the infrastructure behind systematic trading. This C++ role covers new order-management, market-data and distributed-platform 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.

Implement C++ services for orders and market data
Profile latency, memory consumption and throughput
Build reliable components for distributed trading systems
Review designs with researchers and other engineers

What they ask for

Required

Modern C++
Algorithms and data structures
Memory and concurrency expertise
Distributed-systems design
Networking fundamentals
Linux development

Preferred

Trading-system or market-data experience

Education: Computer science or a related degree; advanced research can substitute for professional experience.
Experience: 1–3+ years in software engineering, or equivalent MS/PhD research.
Languages and tools: C++
Linux

How to prepare

Build and profile a concurrent C++ market-data processor
Explain memory ownership and concurrency trade-offs
Design a resilient order-routing service with measurable throughput

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