C++ Software Engineer

Job Description

We are a passionate team of technologists building the firm’s next‑generation fixed income trading platform. As we continue to expand our platform capabilities and product offerings, we are seeking talented individuals to join our team and collaborate closely with both internal stakeholders and external partners to enhance and evolve our trading solutions.

The role is primarily focused on C++ application development for Equities trading products. The work involves developing and enhancing trading ticket functionality, implementing negotiation workflows with multiple dealers to achieve optimal trading outcomes, and building robust post‑trade processing capabilities for the supported products.

The team collaborates extensively with several core engineering and business groups across the organization, including the Trading Systems Team, Dealer Software Team, FIX Connectivity Team, and the Front‑End Development Team responsible for building trading ticket interfaces using JavaScript. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high‑impact trading technology while working alongside experienced engineers and domain experts in electronic trading.

Tradeweb Technology jobs are fully remote. The Tradeweb Technology hub is located in our Jersey City office which can be used for team meetings and collaboration efforts. There may be days where travel to the Jersey City office is recommended for organizational off‑sites.

• Develop and enhance electronic trading platform capabilities for new asset classes, contributing to the expansion of the firm’s trading product offerings
• Collaborate closely with clients and stakeholders to design and implement enhancements that address customer feedback and improve the overall user experience
• Build and optimize trading workflows that increase operational efficiency and streamline the trading process for end users
• Analyze and resolve ambiguities in trade details and on‑screen data presentation to ensure accuracy, clarity, and usability across trading interfaces
• Improve application and system performance through ongoing optimization, troubleshooting, and scalability enhancements
• Partner with the Quality Assurance team to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve identified issues, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality and reliable software solutions

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of professional C++ development experience (C++14/20) in Windows/Linux environments
• Strong proficiency in object‑oriented design, STL, multithreading, and concurrency (synchronization, parallelism)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, latency, throughput) and network programming
• Proven experience building complex, distributed, high‑throughput, low‑latency, and resilient systems
• Strong debugging skills and ability to quickly understand and work within large, complex codebases
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate ramp‑up on large codebases, improve system understanding, and enhance debugging and development productivity
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams
• Self‑driven, proactive, and capable of independently ramping up in complex environments

Tradeweb is committed to providing valuable and competitive benefits. In addition to working in our culture of innovation and collaboration, we offer:

• Health Insurance:
  Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
• Hybrid Environment:
  Flexibility of working in the office and from home
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts:
  Pre‑tax earnings can be set aside to pay eligible health care and dependent day care expenses for you and your eligible family members
• Maven Family Building Benefit:
  Support for fertility, preconception, pregnancy and post‑partum, adoption, surrogacy, and pediatrics for children up to age 10. Tradeweb provides a $10,000 lifetime reimbursement toward fertility, egg freezing, adoption and surrogacy expenses
• 401(k) Savings Plan:
  Employees immediately eligible for the 401(k) plan. Participants may contribute up to 75% of…