C++ Developer - Prop Trading Job at Selby Jennings, New York, NY

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  • Selby Jennings
  • New York, NY

Job Description

A startup proprietary trading firm has had a successful 2024 and is motivated to grow their business in 2025. To start, they want to hire a C++ Software Engineer to further develop, innovate and scale their low-latency trading technology as the firm continues to onboard new traders.

The firm is very tightly knit as they have roughly 30 employees, all in NYC, across Technology and Trading. The firm was founded by an industry veteran in the prop trading space, and they're currently focused on short term trading across equities futures and options but they have ambition to grow into other financial asset classes as they establish their footprint in the market. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience at a prop trading firm or hedge fund, excellent C++ programming ability, and the desire to be in the weeds and have a direct impact on the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Work directly with traders and researchers to develop cutting edge, low-latency trading systems in C++
  • Lead projects from conception to deployment; assist in innovating the frameworks of which trading applications are based
  • Participate in performance tuning and optimization of low-latency technology
  • Design and optimize systems that process large data sets and ensure high performance and stability
  • Recommend ideas and solutions to improve efficiency, automation, etc

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of experience working at a prop trading firm or quantitative hedge fund. The employer is only considering candidates from these types of companies.
  • Excellent and proven C++ programming ability
  • Prior experience building low-latency trading technology
  • Strong communication skills to drive projects in a small environment
  • Desire to work in a performance based environment

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Temporary work,

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