C++ Software Engineer
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One of the leading high frequency trading firm in NYC are looking for a C++ developer to join their greenfield project and work directly with the head of platform technology who is a pioneer of C++ trading systems development.

The team has not started trading yet and are still in the process of building their core team and hiring key contributors. They have around 7 individuals including a junior researchers, a senior PM and quant developers. They are making a crucial hire of a C++ engineer who has experience building high performance simulation engines for microsecond trading strategies.

The team is about 6 months away from their target go-live date where they hope to begin trading, so it's a great time to get on board to really build from scratch. The team is comprised of veterans from Radix / Jump Trading / Virtu financial and other Prop / HFT businesses in the market, so they have a strong team already.

• A STEM degree from a world leading university.
• Low latency background or working on low latency distributed systems/platforms
• To be a C++ enthusiast! (experience with C++20 is a bonus but not a must have)
• Ideally some experience in a high frequency trading environment but will consider out of industry profiles as well

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