C++ Developer

C++, Front Office Trading, Linux, Python, Hedge Fund

McGregor Boyall have partnered with a London-based hedge fund currently hiring for their main trading desk. The role involve building high-performance components for their trading platform, working with advanced concurrency patterns and lock-free data structures. You'll be working closely with quants and traders to help further drive best market execution and Alpha generation.

The fund uses highly modern C++ hosted on Linux, with a small amount of Python (optional) for research models. They build clean, readable, testable code: highly asynchronous and multi-threaded. You will be an SME for the trading team on all matters C++ and will have autonomy to shape tech architecture with modern tools.

Requirements:

- Excellent C++ programming skills, ideally using a modern version

- Expertise with multithreaded systems

- Some level of experience with Python

- Experience working with systems processing high volumes of data (terra or petabyte-scale)

- Extensive expertise with at least ONE of: HFT, prop trading, derivatives, buyside finance

Nice to have:

- Prior experience working for a financial market maker

- Excellent academics at the post-grad level

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.