Our client, a dynamic quantitative trading firm and a leader in global high-frequency trading strategies, is seeking a talented Lead C++ Developer to join its New York–based team.
The firm is expanding an international and diverse group of experts across trading, statistics, engineering, and technology. A disciplined approach combined with rapid market feedback enables ideas to be transformed into profitable outcomes quickly. The collaborative and learning-driven environment allows teams to tackle some of the industry’s most complex challenges together. As a small and agile organization, the firm maintains the highest standards of integrity, ingenuity, and effort.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of the next-generation high-frequency trading platform
- Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing, results-driven engineering team
- Establish and enforce coding standards, testing frameworks, and documentation practices
- Ensure successful system design and implementation using modern C++ and industry best practices
- Prototype critical components while maintaining high reliability and fault tolerance
- Adapt to a fast-paced environment, evolving the platform to meet trading requirements while managing technical debt
- 5+ years of experience as a Core or Quant Developer at a top-tier high-frequency trading firm (excluding banks or traditional funds) within the last 7 years
- Experience across multiple components of HFT platforms, particularly latency-critical paths
- Prior experience in a startup-phase HFT firm or trading team is highly desirable
- Demonstrated leadership and people-management capabilities
- End-to-end understanding of modern HFT platforms, including market data, order entry, threading models, research environments, simulators, and strategy APIs
- Strong proficiency in C++ (C++17 or newer)
- Working knowledge of Python
- Experience in multithreaded environments, including synchronization
- Solid understanding of networking at the protocol level
- Proficient use of modern software development tools
- Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems, including kernel-level device and system mechanisms
- Strong practical decision-making skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- A deep passion for trading