London, United Kingdom | Posted on 23/05/2024
A global leader in quantitative trading is seeking a C++ Trading System Developer to work within one of their trading teams in London to design, develop, and implement efficient code for various components of the team's low latency, high throughput production trading and research system.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing a best-in-class low-latency, high-frequency trading platform
- Assisting in the development of a tick by tick backtesting research platform
- Assisting in development and optimising large-scale parallel computation problems that requires large quantities of data shared across resources
- Optimizing the computational efficiency of existing machine learning based algorithms to drive higher performance and faster learning rates
- Developing systems, interfaces and tools to historical market data and trading simulations that increase research productivity
- Creating tools to analyse data and generate insights that research decisions are based on
Requirements
Requirements:
- At least 5 years of practical experience with C++ and 1-2 years of meaningful experience with Python, in a top-tier HFT or MFT trading firm or hedge fund
- A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
- Good experience with other programming languages such as Java
- Strong working knowledge of Linux, and some SQL knowledge
- Brilliant detail oriented problem-solving abilities
- Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up
- A self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and own problems
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills in English for business purposes
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