IT & Software

C++ Developer

Consortia

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

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Overview

In this role you will design and build ultra-low latency C++ systems for live trading, focusing on smart order routing and market data. You’ll work across the stack in a fast-paced, high-performance environment to optimize nanosecond-scale decisions. You’ll own technical directions, mentor teammates, and drive greenfield initiatives from architecture to release. This opportunity combines hands-on engineering with leadership in a high-trust team building cutting-edge trading tech.

Pay / Benefits
  • ownership from day one
  • autonomy on greenfield projects
  • high-trust environment
  • opportunity to work with modern high-performance C++ tools
Responsibilities
  • Design and implement latency-critical components for live trading systems
  • Architect and build new systems from scratch and optimize existing code paths
  • Tune performance and profile code to meet tight latency constraints
  • Collaborate with market data teams to integrate and optimize data flows
  • Take ownership of technical decisions and mentor junior engineers
  • Lead greenfield projects from architecture through release
  • Drive continuous improvement in high-performance C++ development
Key requirements
  • 5+ years of experience building low-latency trading systems in C++11 or newer
  • Hands-on experience with Smart Order Routing and Market Data
  • Proven track record of writing performance-sensitive, multithreaded applications
  • Experience with code profiling and tuning under tight latency constraints
  • C++14 experience is a bonus but not essential
  • Experience with Smart Order Routing is required to be considered
  • leadership/mentoring
  • ownership and accountability
  • collaboration in cross-functional teams
  • C++11 or newer
  • Smart Order Routing
  • Market Data handling

Reference: WJ-747_31289223 · Posted 11 Nov 2026, 10:25 AM

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