C++ Engineer - Exchange Connectivity - Bonhill Partners

We're looking for a high-calibre C++ Engineer to join our technology team at a leading market making firm.

• Designing and developing low-latency C++ systems for electronic trading
• Building and maintaining exchange connectivity and market access infrastructure
• Working with exchange protocols, binary feeds and order-entry gateways
• Optimising networking, latency, throughput and system performance
• Troubleshooting complex production issues across the trading stack
• Working closely with traders, quantitative researchers and infrastructure engineers
• Integrating with major exchanges and liquidity venues globally

• Strong modern C++ engineering experience
• Proven experience in market access, exchange connectivity or electronic trading
• Deep understanding of exchange protocols and order-book mechanics
• Experience with FIX, binary protocols and/or proprietary exchange APIs
• Strong knowledge of Linux, networking and systems programming
• Understanding of low-latency techniques, performance optimisation and concurrency
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly performance-sensitive environment
• Particularly valuable Experience with kernel/network optimisation, NICs, multicast, TCP/UDP, packet processing, FPGA acceleration or colocation environments would be highly advantageous.

If you're a C++ engineer who understands not just how to write fast software, but how electronic markets actually connect and operate, we'd like to hear from you.