Flow Traders
FinTech
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,C++
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“Senior Software Engineer, C++ at Flow Traders. Skills: C++ development, Low-latency systems, Market data platforms. Lead development of Core market data platform. Lead global rollout of Core platform”
Industry & Context.
Performance tuning
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BSc, MSc, or PhD, 7+ years C++ experience, Low-latency systems experience, Algorithmic trading systems experience, Knowledge of algorithms, Knowledge of data structures, Parallel programming experience, Asynchronous programming experience, Multithreaded programming experience, Write clean C++ code, Write reliable C++ code, Write scalable C++ code, Communicate effectively
Nice to Have
Proprietary trading industry experience
What You'll Do.
Lead development of Core market data platform
Lead global rollout of Core platform
Design high-performance components
Implement high-performance components
Develop tools for quants
Develop frameworks for quants
Optimize code in production
Work with focus group engineers
Work with technical traders
Iterate on platform design
Iterate on platform implementation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Iterative loop with quants; Iterative loop with traders
Full Job Description
Flow Traders is looking for a Senior C++ Software Engineer to lead the next-generation architecture of the market data and execution platforms that power our fully systematic trading. We don't treat market data as plumbing - for us it's a source of alpha, where feed handling, order book construction, and a deep understanding of exchange microstructure are themselves a competitive edge. We're looking for a senior individual contributor who has lived this philosophy in a proprietary or systematic trading environment and can squeeze every nanosecond out of the path from wire to strategy. As a senior individual contributor, you'll help set the technical direction for the Core Platform that underpins quantitative research, pricing, strategy development, and execution across hundreds of venues - and drive its global rollout across our Market Data, Quant Research, Pricing, and Strategies groups. You'll work in a tight, iterative loop with quants and technical traders, applying deep expertise in modern C++, OS internals, CPU and memory architecture, lock-free concurrency, and low-latency networking to push our systems toward state-of-the-art performance, robustness, and observability. What you will do: Lead the development and global rollout of our Core market data platform used across multiple focus areas (Market data, Research engineering, Pricing, Strategies). Design and implement high‑performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, and distribution, as well as its usage for order execution and strategy infrastructure. Develop tools and frameworks that enable quants and technical traders to build, tune, and deploy data‑driven systematic pricing and trading strategies. Own the full lifecycle of your components in a fast‑paced, iterative environment: deploy, monitor, profile, and optimize your code in production. Work closely with focus group engineers, quants, and technical traders to refine requirements, collect feedback, and iterate on the platform's de
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