Senior Software Engineer, C++
Flow TradersAbout the Role
Flow Traders is looking for a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead the next-generation architecture of the market data and execution platforms that power fully systematic trading. You'll help set the technical direction for the Core Platform underpinning quantitative research, pricing, strategy development, and execution across hundreds of venues, driving its global rollout across Market Data, Quant Research, Pricing, and Strategies groups.
- Lead development and global rollout of the Core market data platform across multiple focus areas
- Design and implement high-performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, and distribution
- Develop tools and frameworks enabling quants and technical traders to build, tune, and deploy systematic pricing and trading strategies
- Own the full lifecycle of components in production: deploy, monitor, profile, and optimize code
- Work closely with engineers, quants, and technical traders to refine requirements and iterate on platform design
Requirements
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience
- Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems (proprietary trading industry preferred)
- Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming
- Demonstrated ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable C++ code
- Interest in extracting maximum performance from available hardware and software (CPU caches, memory layout, networking, etc.)
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues