C/C++ Developer

• 4–7 years of professional C++ experience in performance-critical systems
• Expert knowledge of modern C++ (C++11/14/17)
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and memory models
• Deep experience with multithreading, atomics, lock-free programming, and CPU cache behaviour
• Excellent knowledge of Linux internals and system-level programming
• Experience with low-level debugging and profiling (gdb, perf, valgrind, flamegraphs)
• Proficiency with CMake/Make and Git

2. Trading Systems Experience (Highly Preferred)

• Hands-on experience with order management systems (OMS) and execution engines
• Knowledge of exchange protocols: FIX, ITCH, OUCH, FAST
• Experience handling market data feeds (L1/L2, multicast, UDP)
• Understanding of latency measurement, clock synchronization, and time stamping
• Experience with network tuning (kernel bypass, socket tuning, CPU pinning)
• Familiarity with trading lifecycle, risk checks, and throttling mechanisms

3. Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

4. Soft Skills (Important for Trading Firms)

• Ability to work under extreme time and accuracy pressure
• Strong ownership of production systems
• Clear and direct communication with traders and quants
• Bias toward simple, fast, and reliable designs

5. Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize ultra-low-latency C++ trading applications
• Build and maintain exchange connectivity and order execution systems
• Develop real-time market data pipelines with strict latency requirements
• Optimize systems at CPU, memory, and network levels
• Implement lock-free or low-lock concurrent designs
• Analyze latency using profiling tools and improve tail latency
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and rapid recovery
• Work closely with Traders and Quant Researchers to implement strategies
• Participate in architecture and performance design reviews
• Review code, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers
• Support production systems and handle time-critical issues when needed

Requirements

• Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e. g. Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming.
• Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and a huge passion and ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.
• Excellent coding skills - should be able to convert the design into code fluently.
• Knowledge of Test Driven Development. Good understanding of databases (e. g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e. g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike etc).
• Strong desire to solve complex and interesting real-world problems.
• Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform. Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks.
• Worked in a startup-like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment.
• BTech, MTech or Ph. D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
• Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with huge amounts of data.
• 3+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a large scale.
• An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and takes constructive feedback