C++ Developer

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with Investments' trading professionals, operations and technology teams to design and build solutions enabling trade activities across a number of asset classes including futures, equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.
• Collaborate with team members to conceptualize, design and develop new software applications. Applications may be server-side enterprise solutions, GUI, or highly customized solutions developed for the specific needs of a business partner.
• Create solutions tailored to business requirements aligned with the long-term architecture and technology strategy using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Cloud development.
• Maintain and improve existing applications to support trading functions.
• Effectively unit test and perform integration testing on software components.
• Prepare and document design and program specifications.
• Manage timelines/deliverables towards the successful delivery of projects.
• Develop the right IT behaviors to enable building scalable solutions within predictable time frames.
• Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.
• Provide responsive business assistance while adhering to processes required for quality enterprise-level software development and support.

• University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, with a solid background in building and maintaining enterprise-level applications.
• Must-have experience in capital markets with a sound understanding of trading workflows and trade lifecycle across asset classes including equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.
• Strong working experience in C++ with the ability to independently debug complex issues with precision.
• Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience applying it in a financial or capital markets context.
• Strong foundational knowledge of SQL is a must-have — candidates should be comfortable with core concepts including joins, aggregations, indexing and query optimization.
• Demonstrated experience designing and architecting applications at a Lead level — making sound technical decisions around system design, data flow and component interaction that reflect the complexity and scale of enterprise financial systems.
• Knowledge of software development best practices and patterns including clean code principles, design patterns and event‑driven architecture.
• Experience in AWS Cloud is a must.
• Must-have experience with Dev Ops practices and tooling including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code and automated deployment strategies.
• Experience in FIX protocol is strongly preferred and will be a significant advantage given the nature of trading systems built within the team.
• Familiarity with AI tools and large language models (LLMs) is a plus.