C++ Engineer – HFT Execution / Market Making

We are an HFT firm building ultra-low-latency market-making systems across options, equities, and futures .

We are hiring a C++ execution engineer to work directly on latency-critical trading infrastructure .

What You Will Build

1. Low-latency execution engines and exchange connectivity
2. Market data feed handlers (binary protocols)
3. Order management : quoting, hitting, mass cancel
4. Real-time order books and exchange state
5. Options pricing and quoting services
6. High-throughput systems for large instrument universes

What You Will Do

1. Write and optimize performance-critical C++
2. Reduce latency, jitter, and tail risk
3. Handle market data and orders at scale
4. Embed pricing and execution logic directly in production
5. Support clearing, reconciliation, and margin workflows

What We Require

1. 3–5+ years C++ in low-latency / HFT systems
2. Experience with electronic trading or market making
3. Strong knowledge of networking, binary protocols, TCP/UDP
4. Proven ability to optimize microsecond-level latency
5. Experience with options or derivatives trading systems

Nice to Have

1. Exchange protocols (CME, Eurex, ICE, CBOE)
2. Options pricing / vol surfaces
3. FPGA, kernel bypass, or custom networking

Linux performance tuning