C++ Software Engineer; multi-threading low level development Job Chicago area,Illinois USA,Software Development

Position: C++ Software Engineer (multi-threading low level development is a must)
Our client is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Their fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.
They are looking for strong C++ Engineers to help build out their next-generation technologies in many different areas of the firm including Execution, Exchange Connectivity, Platform, and Research & Data Engineering. In these areas you will be involved in projects that have direct and meaningful impact on the firm's daily performance. In our fast-paced team environment, their engineers can quickly see the results of their effort, and the impact that work has on businesses.

In areas like Execution, you will work with traders to build new execution strategies and enhance existing ones. In Platform Engineering, you may be building out a robust common framework library for the firm or building messaging APIs for developing distributed, real-time trading systems.

As a C++ Engineer, you must also have a broad and deep understanding of software engineering concepts, sharp software development skills, and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

Partner with the firmwide safety committee to ensure the platform is operationally safe and sound.

Understand requirements, propose solutions, and deliver software into the production environment in a timely and robust manner.

Foster collaboration with other teams including operations, option pricing, exchange access, inventory and risk management, and quality assurance.

Qualifications

2+ years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++, knowledge of C++20 preferred.

Some, but not all areas require experience with low latency development and performance investigation tools.

Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion.

Experience with multi-threaded programming and distributed application architecture.

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