Low Latency, Front Office C++ Developer / C++ Guru required, Greenfield build of Systematic Trading System (Market Making, Index Arbitrage etc.) recruitment
Low Latency, Front Office C++ Developer / C++ Guru required, Greenfield build of Systematic Trading System (Market Making, Index Arbitrage etc.)
Introduction: Montash Associates have been engaged by a world class trading firm to assist in the attraction and acquisition of an expert level C++ developer with low level skills and the ability to produce ultra-low-latency, multithreaded code.
The Organisation: A well-established, highly respected investment banking firm.
The Team: An award winning technology team with strong business sponsorship, delivering revenue enhancing technology and industry wide transformation.
The Project: To work on a new global systematic trading platform, building out low latency automated trading.
The Role: A C++ Expert, capable of building ultra-low-latency, multithreaded systematic trading platforms.
The Technology: C++, BOOST, Linux, Some Python and Java.
The Skills:
Essential skills
- Extensive knowledge of Linux C++, BOOST
- Extensive experience in direct connectivity (trading and market data) to European Equities Market (Euronext, LIFFE, LSE, OMX, Xetra, Eurex, etc..)
- FIXFast Decoder experience.
- Familiarity will networking including TCP/IP, UDP, multicast
- Concurrent / Multithreaded Programming
- Solid understanding of patterns and other technical design standards
- Disciplined approach to code management and automated build, testing and deployment practices
- Experience of a project lifecycle, breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and estimating work required
- Experience of working in financial services, in a front-office environment
- Experience developing code in a low latency environment.
- Strong experience in unit testing and mocking frameworks
Desirable skills
- Red Hat, Centos, Java
- FIX, market data feeds, exchange protocols
The Package: Only the very strongest hands on developers will be considered; this is a team with business buy-in and, therefore, plenty of budget. Base salary will go as high as £120,000, and Bonus is uncapped, so the sky is the limit. A full benefits package is also offered.
Contact: If this opportunity is of interest, please do not hesitate to contact Paul Kirtley on 0207 749 6066, or email paulk@montash.com
Keywords: C++, Low-Latency C++, Low Level C++, Multithreaded C++, C++ Developer, C++ Technologist, C++ Expert, C++ Guru, Systematic Trading, Algorithmic Trading, Electronic Trading, Market Making, Index Arbitrage, London.