C++ Software Developer
Develops and maintains a high-performance, 24-hour automated trading system in C++, integrating exchange connectivity and optimizing distributed infrastructure for low-latency execution.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Amsterdam; Chicago; London; New York
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Preferred degree in any computing related area (e.g., computer science, computer engineering, etc.)
- In lieu of this, extensive professional software development experience
- Well-versed in the fundamentals of software engineering
- Genuine interest in solving technical problems, along with a strong ability to implement solutions
- Low ego, able to work both in a collaborative team setting and autonomously
- Committed to designing and implementing fully automated, scalable, and maintainable solutions with extensive testing
- Superior ability to write in C++, or experience with other statically-typed imperative programming language
- Comfortable operating at various different levels of abstraction, from individual machines to large scale distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of the details of computing all throughout the technical stack
- Knowledge of Linux a plus
- Experience in the trading industry preferred but not mandatory
Full description
Software Developer (C++) Job Description for Headlands Tech
Locations: Amsterdam; Chicago; London; New York
Scope:
As a software developer at Headlands Tech you will design, engineer and implement the Firm’s trading software in the C++ programming language. You will work in close collaboration with the research, systems, and operations teams to architect, implement and analyze new automated electronic trading algorithms. You will play a key role in designing and constructing the Firm’s software infrastructure to support new and existing lines of business. In addition, you will expand the Firm’s proprietary research platform to improve performance and support new exchanges, products and functionality.
Qualifications:
- Preferred degree in any computing related area (e.g., computer science, computer engineering, etc.)
- In lieu of this, extensive professional software development experience
- Well-versed in the fundamentals of software engineering
- Genuine interest in solving technical problems, along with a strong ability to implement solutions
- Low ego, able to work both in a collaborative team setting and autonomously
- Committed to designing and implementing fully automated, scalable, and maintainable solutions with extensive testing
- Superior ability to write in C++, or experience with other statically-typed imperative programming language
- Comfortable operating at various different levels of abstraction, from individual machines to large scale distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of the details of computing all throughout the technical stack
- Knowledge of Linux a plus
- Experience in the trading industry preferred but not mandatory
Day to Day:
This isn't an exhaustive list, but represents a selection of the types of tasks that software developers at Headlands Tech take on while developing and maintaining a large scale 24 hour automated trading system.
- Build, maintain, and improve exchange connectivity
- Leverage existing infrastructure, extending functionality where necessary
- Build a deep understanding of exchange behavior to integrate into our existing trading system
- Maintain and extend core research infrastructure
- Design, implement, and maintain distributed storage systems with various different performance and reliability requirements
- Address performance limitations within our own software, open source libraries and applications, Linux, etc.