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 .

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

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

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

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

Linux performance tuning