Quant jobs / Trexquant

Software Engineer (C++) (INDIA)

This C++ engineering role supports Trexquant’s research and trading platform in India. Placement can cover live trading, simulation or data infrastructure according to the candidate’s strengths.

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 C++ and Python components for research and execution
Improve latency and throughput in event-driven trading software
Create reliable research-data pipelines and exchange-feed handlers
Extend simulation and model-evaluation tools

What they ask for

Required

Two or more years of real-time C++ development
Modern C++ and templates
Linux systems programming
Low-latency and high-throughput design
Python numerical computing

Preferred

Distributed systems
Market-data feeds
Linux profiling
Numerical libraries
C++/Python bindings

Education: Bachelor or postgraduate qualification in computing or a related STEM subject.
Experience: At least two years developing C++ in demanding real-time systems.
Languages and tools: C++
Python
Linux
NumPy
SciPy
Kafka
Redis
HTCondor

How to prepare

Profile a C++ event-processing pipeline and explain bottlenecks
Build a small exchange-feed handler and replay test
Demonstrate a tested interface between Python research and C++ code

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