C++ Engineer; HFT

We are working with a very well-backed prop trading firm in Dubai who are looking for C Trading Engineers to build their next-generation trading platform. You will be developing low-latency systems with an event-driven architecture with direct connectivity to major global exchanges.

• Collaborate with a dynamic team to design and develop a brand-new trading platform from the ground up
• Implement low-latency event-driven systems in C and Python ensuring optimal performance and scalability
• Build and maintain exchange adapters and connectivity solutions for markets US Europe APAC Crypto etc
• Apply parallel programming and concurrency techniques to handle high data throughput and low-latency requirements
• Utilise TDD methodologies to ensure clean maintainable and reliable code
• Work closely with the architecture team to integrate real-time data feeds, order processing and trade execution in an event-driven framework
• Monitor and improve system performance, troubleshooting and optimising as needed to ensure ultra-low latency and stability

• Experience with modern C++ proficiency in building and optimising low-latency systems
• Event-Driven Architecture hands-on experience with event-driven design patterns including experience with message brokers and real-time data processing
• Low Latency and Parallel Programming familiarity with multithreading and concurrency ideally within trading or real-time systems
• Python Skills competency in Python for automation scripting and data processing tasks
• Exchange Connectivity experience with FIX protocol and building adapters
• TDD proven experience in applying TDD principles to write clean testable code
• Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning strong debugging skills and experience optimising for ultra-low latency