C++ Developer

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
As a member of the global software development team, this role will be to enhance, maintain and support the Company's in-house electronic trading system.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To enhance, maintain and support the in-house trading platform
• Collaborate and engage with fellow team members including Traders, Quants and Infrastructure personnel
• Contribute to system architecture decisions to ensure low-latency/scalable/efficient/reliable solutions

PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Essential
Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and equivalent work experience.

Skills

• Strong demonstrable skills and track record in programming C++
• Strong demonstrable skills and track record in developing on a Linux/gcc platform
• Experience with profiling/optimising software algorithms
• Experience with network programming, multithreaded programming, inter-process communications
• Experience with distributed architecture systems

Attributes

• Team-player, with a personable and friendly approach
• Strong problem solving skills with a keen eye for details
• Self-motivated and creative, with a drive to deliver high-quality code
• Ability to deliver on time

Desirable

• Financial experience: market feeds and order execution API's, derivatives trading
• Software programming experience in C and Python
• Messaging middleware experience
• Specialist in low latency solutions