Talan

FinTech

C++SoftwareEngineer

$110–150k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“C++ Software Engineer at Talan. Skills: Market data systems, Low-latency systems, C++ development. Design market data systems. Implement market data systems”

Industry & Context.

FinTech
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Debugging

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Modern C++ experience, Performance-critical systems experience, Large-scale, real-time, low-latency systems knowledge, Multithreading knowledge, Memory management knowledge, Networking knowledge, Application performance assessment knowledge, Latency analysis knowledge, Profiling knowledge, OS tuning knowledge, Market data feed handlers experience, Order book systems experience, Exchange connectivity infrastructure experience, Debugging skills, Problem-solving skills, Exchange protocols familiarity, Production environments ownership experience, Balance performance, correctness, maintainability

Nice to Have

C++ 20/23 experience, C++ 26 features enablement experience

What You'll Do.

Design market data systems

Implement market data systems

Own market data systems

Drive exchange protocol upgrades

Manage behavioral changes

Expand market coverage

Expand asset class coverage

Improve data completeness

Improve data consistency

Optimize systems for throughput

Optimize systems for latency

Optimize systems for resiliency

Act as production owner

Drive projects from design

Drive projects through deployment

Provide long-term operational support

Partner with trading teams

Partner with quantitative research teams

Translate business requirements

Contribute to architectural direction

Raise engineering standards

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with engineering teams; Partner with trading teams; Partner with quantitative research teams

Process & Methodology

Ownership

Free ATS check

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