C++ Developer – High-Performance Trading Systems (Qt Expertise)

Title: Quantitative Developer

Location : Mumbai

Candidates preferred with Master's

Who We Are

At Dolat Capital, we are a collective of traders, puzzle solvers, and tech enthusiasts passionate about decoding the intricacies of financial markets. From navigating volatile trading conditions with precision to continuously refining cutting-edge technologies and quantitative strategies, our work thrives at the intersection of finance and engineering.

We operate a robust, ultra-low latency infrastructure built for market-making and active trading across Equities, Futures, and Options—with some of the highest fill rates in the industry. If you're excited by technology, trading, and critical thinking, this is the place to evolve your skills into world class capabilities.

What You Will Do

This role offers a unique opportunity to work across both quantitative development and high frequency trading. You'll engineer trading systems, design and implement algorithmic strategies, and directly participate in live trading execution and strategy enhancement.

1. Quantitative Strategy & Trading Execution

• Design, implement, and optimize quantitative strategies for trading derivatives, index options, and ETFs
• Trade across options, equities, and futures, using proprietary HFT platforms
• Monitor and manage PnL performance, targeting Sharpe ratios of 6+
• Stay proactive in identifying market opportunities and inefficiencies in real-time HFT environments
• Analyze market behavior, particularly in APAC indices, to adjust models and positions dynamically

2. Trading Systems Development

• Build and enhance low-latency, high-throughput trading systems
• Develop tools to simulate trading strategies and access historical market data
• Design performance-optimized data structures and algorithms for fast execution
• Implement real-time risk management and performance tracking systems

3. Algorithmic and Quantitative Analysis

• Collaborate with researchers and traders to integrate strategies into live environments
• Use statistical methods and data-driven analysis to validate and refine models
• Work with large-scale HFT tick data using Python / C++

4. AI/ML Integration

• Develop and train AI/ML models for market prediction, signal detection, and strategy enhancement
• Analyze large datasets to detect patterns and alpha signals

5. System & Network Optimization

• Optimize distributed and concurrent systems for high-transaction throughput
• Enhance platform performance through network and systems programming
• Utilize deep knowledge of TCP/UDP and network protocols

6. Collaboration & Mentorship

• Collaborate cross-functionally with traders, engineers, and data scientists
• Represent Dolat in campus recruitment and industry events as a technical mentor

What We Are Looking For:

• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming (C++).
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
• Hands-on experience in systems programming within a Linux environment.
• Proficient and Hands on programming using python/ C++
• Familiarity with distributed computing and high-concurrency systems.
• Knowledge of network programming, including TCP/UDP protocols.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

A passion for technology-driven solutions in the financial markets.

Core Competency:

• Extensiveexperiencewith C# and ASP.net/.NETCore 2.0 / .NET WebAPI core framework framework • concept's and fundamentals/ MVC and EF. • REST Web services&API Experience • Strong architectural knowledge with two or more of - MicroServices, 12 FactorApplications and • EventDriven architectures • Messaging knowledge(Topics, Queues & Publish Subscribe) • Knowledge of AWS, Docker and Kubernetes • Experience with database development including relational database design, SQL, and ORM • Agile Delivery experience • Deploying .Net Core web application/API in Windows and Linux • Experience with web developmenttechnologiesincludingASP.NET, MVC3, EF, HTML, JavaScript, • JQuery, AJAX and CSS, LINQ. • Experience with core Microsoft.Net technologies including WCF, LINQ, and EF • Experience designing and developing enterprise-grade software • Experience with source control management systems and deployment environment • Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization. • Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented applicationdevelopment,techniques and theories • Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment • Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders • Experience with user interface design and prototyping

• Experience - 6-10 years
• Key Skills for Software Developer C++, Linux with SQL:
• - Looking only for candidates who can join immediately or max 10 day
• - should be able to work independently with no handholding
• - the ability to work with C/C++ code on Windows/Linux platforms
• - Database knowledge of MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, ideally other ones too: Saphana, Teradata, Postgres.
• - Ability to work on their own fixing defects
• - should be able to understand secure coding practices
• - should have the Ability to work independently and with the team across different time zones

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect and drive complex software performance improvement projects that mitigate the performance challenges of the product and establish new guidelines for future product features
• Work with the development team, and database administrators to analyze performance bottlenecks, make recommendations to address performance concerns, and co-design performance into new feature development
• Efficiently working with various profiling and monitoring tools to identify performance and concurrency bottlenecks, propose and implement optimizations to improve cloud product
• Review end-user usage patterns and customer logged performance defects and enhance performance test coverage based on gaps identified.
• Understand database internals, server and storage system design, application interactions with database queries and stored procedures and with other downstream systems
• Troubleshoot issues experienced by users and propose solutions

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in implementing and driving software performance engineering projects and solutions. Advanced level experience with concurrency, multithreading, and distributed system architectures
• Experience analyzing performance bottlenecks with application code interfacing with databases using ORM Frameworks, cache layers, data storage, servers, networking, and database query protocols including developing stored procedures, SQL queries, and database applications
• Working knowledge of relational database internals (locking, consistency, replication, serialization, failover, recovery)
• Comfortable with Windows, SQL Server, .NET Framework/Core, GIT, Nuget, SPA, Modern UI Frameworks, ORM Framework NHibernate in terms of both tools and application development
• Passionate about finding software performance bottlenecks and optimizing code to produce a better customer experience
• Experience with APM (Application Performance Monitoring), RUM (Real User Monitoring), and other Dev tools used for Performance monitoring and analysis
• Experience with performance bottleneck analysis, system design for scaling

## Please apply if you have experience working on Trading Applications, all others would be automatically rejected ###

Our Core team develops connectivity software for low latency communication with derivatives exchanges all over the world, as well as real-time position and risk limit monitoring. The team's expertise is also relied upon by other C++ development groups to produce high-quality libraries and frameworks for their application development. We have a high degree of freedom and responsibility to produce technologically advanced solutions to demanding real-world problems.

From joining you will have ownership on a diverse set of projects that have a direct impact on trading performance. You will work closely with highly skilled colleagues who share your enthusiasm and deep knowledge of C++, Linux and network protocols, and share your hunger to learn more.

What We Are Looking For

• An experienced Modern C++ developer (C++17/20), with minimum 5 years experience and proficiency with C++ templates.
• A developer, who designs code to push every performance boundary.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creatively.

• Knowledge of multiple exchanges.
• Ultra low latency design.
• Template metaprogramming.
• Network programming experience.
• Python.

• A great engineering environment whereby technology is key to our success and a C++20 code base.
• Great friendly, informal and highly rewarding culture.
• Fast growing global firm with plenty of opportunities where you will have significant impact.

• 2 - 7 years of experience in building applications using C++ programming language.
• Comfortable with core programming concepts and techniques (e.g. concurrency, memory management).
• Enjoys working with algorithms and data structures (e.g. trees, hash maps, queues).
• Strong in Data structure and good in problem solving.
• Strong debugging skills.
• Certifying the application – White box testing, black box testing.