C++ developer

We are looking for:

● 12–18 years in the tech industry, with 2–4 years in technical leadership or

managerial roles.

● Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and

scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability,

software architecture, and networking principles.

Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software

products, from concept to deployment.

● Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.

Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.

● Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing

scalable, reliable microservices.

● Strong Communication & Decision-Making Skills: Ability to clearly articulate

trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.

● Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep

understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and

release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and

continuously improving developer workflows and tools.

● Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful

results.

Experience and Required Skill Sets: 

1      Solid experience in software design and development using Microsoft ASP.NET framework, C#, Visual Studio, and in writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code

2      5+ years of experience in WCF, WPF, VB.NET, SQL Server, JQuery, Angular 10 and above.

3      5+ years of experience in developing highly scalable REST/Web APIs

4      5+ years of experience in developing highly efficient SQL/NoSQL Queries

5      5+ years of experience in Relational and Document databases

6      Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and possess strong fundamental design principles for building a scalable application.

7      Experience in using the MVC framework, working knowledge in APIs, and Service Oriented Architecture

8      Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and possess strong fundamental design principles for building a scalable application.

9      Experience in Angular version 10 and above is required 

10   Expert in SQL programming & Database Design (Stored procedure, Function, Trigger, Constraints, Replication) 

11   Strong ability in HTML and JavaScript (AJAX, DOM)

12   Development experience with data integration technologies including REST, SOAP, JSON, XML

13   Expertise in programming and usage of any unit testing framework. Expertise in integration testing and continuous integration.

14   Experience working in a DevOps environment will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities: 

•       Ability to create complex, enterprise-transforming applications that meet and exceed client expectations. 

•       Responsible for the bottom line. Strong project management abilities. Ability to encourage the team to stick to timelines.

•       Follow best-in-class coding practices and review the solutions vis-à-vis the requirements and technical specifications.

•       Should demonstrate strong client interfacing capabilities like emails and calls with clients in the US/UK

• Experience in Core Java, CXF, Spring. 
• Experience in spring boot, microservices. 
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale n-tier applications for the financial domain. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns. 
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications. 
• Good development experience with RDBMS, preferably Sybase database 
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high volume server side development 
• Experience in sales and trading platforms in investment banking/capital markets 
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux 
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java 
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills. 
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts. 

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in C++, with fair knowledge of the language specification.  
• Should have good knowledge of the standard library STL containers, multi-threading concepts and algorithms.
• Good understanding of memory management. Must be familiar with templating in C++
• Knowledge of the latest C++ 17 or above will be an added advantage. 
• Knowledge of writing modules for high-level languages such as Node.js, Python, etc. will be appreciated
• Should have strong Linux development and debugging skills − Candidates with knowledge of Financial domain like equity and trading domain would be an added advantage.
• Mandatory Skills: C++, STL, Multithreading, Socket Programming, LINUX, Memory Management, System Design, Design Patterns, Design & Deployment.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to strengthen and optimize our state-of-the-art systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency across our suite of trading solutions.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Technical Expertise:

• C++ coding and debugging to strengthen and optimize systems.
• Design and architecture (HLD/LLD) to ensure scalable and robust solutions.
• Implementing and enhancing DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows.
• Managing escalations and ensuring high-quality customer outcomes.

Architecture and Design:

• Define and refine the architectural vision and technical roadmap for enterprise software solutions.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure systems in line with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Driving engineering initiatives to foster innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Project Management:

• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and quality assurance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of systems.
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on complex software engineering challenges.
• Drive code quality, best practices, and standards across the engineering team.

Requirements:

• 10-15 years in the tech industry, with 2-4 years in technical leadership or managerial roles.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability, software architecture, and networking principles.
• Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software products, from concept to deployment.
• Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.
• Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable microservices.
• Strong Communication and Decision-making skills: Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and continuously improving developer workflows and tools.
• Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful results.

**About the role**

You will lead the team taking over a large rights and licensing rules engine that has been in production for many years. It is written in Visual C++ on Windows Server, with heavy business logic in SQL Server. You will shadow the client's current technical lead, then own the architecture, code quality and release decisions for the system.

**Responsibilities**

* Lead knowledge transfer from the client's engineers and turn it into architecture documents, runbooks and code walkthroughs.

* Own technical design, code reviews and production releases for the rules engine.

* Lead a pod of 3 senior C++ developers and 1 Rails developer.

* Diagnose and resolve production issues, including performance problems in SQLServer.

* Plan the modernisation of legacy components (including MS Access dependencies)without disrupting live operations.

* Act as the main technical contact for the client's engineering leadership in the US and Cyprus.

**Must have**

* 12+ years in software development, with at least 7 years in C++ on Windows (VisualC++ / MSVC).

* Deep SQL Server experience: complex stored procedures, query tuning, execution plans, indexing. SQL Server 2016/2017 preferred.

* Has led a team that took over and maintained a large existing codebase built by otherpeople over many years.

* Strong debugging skills on Windows: Visual Studio debugger, WinDbg or crash-dumpanalysis.

* Has led teams of 4 or more engineers.

**Nice to have**

* Rules engines, workflow engines or business rules systems.

* Kafka or other message queues.

* MS Access, VBA or Ruby on Rails.

* Rights management, licensing, royalties or contract systems in media, telecom billingor financial services.

Experience and Expertise

• 2+ years of experience in C++ application development.
• Hands-on experience with C++11 or above.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and software design.
• Deep understanding of STL, multi-threading, socket programming, and data structures.
• Solid grasp of Linux development and debugging techniques.
• Proficient in using GCC, GDB, and Makefile.
• Familiarity with Valgrind and similar analysis tools.
• Experience with version control tools like Git.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests.
• Experience in capital markets/trading domain is a plus.