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Software Engineer – Trading Systems

A front-office C++ developer role building low latency trading platforms. It works with portfolio managers on new trading systems.

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.

Write low latency, high throughput C++ for trading
Build mission-critical trading infrastructure
Implement new trading systems with PMs
Adapt existing systems to the next generation platform

What they ask for

Required

4+ years of high performance C++
Modern C++ (C++17/20)
Template metaprogramming
Network programming and distributed computing
Unix/Linux fundamentals
Data structures and algorithms

Preferred

Finance experience

Education: Not stated
Experience: 4+ years writing high performance C++
Languages and tools: C++

How to prepare

Write and benchmark a lock-free data structure
Build a simple market data feed handler
Study C++ templates and cache-aware design
Practise network programming on Linux

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 WorldQuant and doesn’t handle applications.