Durlston Partners
C++ trading engineer
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
About the Role
We are working with a leading proprietary trading firm that is looking to hire exceptional C++ Engineers to join its high-performance trading technology team.
You will work on the development of highly sophisticated, low-latency systems that sit at the heart of the firm's trading infrastructure. This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems where performance, reliability, and efficiency are critical.
You will collaborate closely with Traders, Quant Researchers, and other Engineers to build and optimise systems used in real-time financial markets.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, and optimise high-performance C++ trading systems.
- Build and improve ultra-low-latency components across the trading stack.
- Work on market data processing, exchange connectivity, order execution, and trading infrastructure.
- Profile and optimise applications at both the software and hardware level.
- Develop highly reliable, concurrent, and performance-critical systems.
- Analyse system performance and identify opportunities for optimisation.
- Work closely with Quant Researchers and Traders to translate trading requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of the firm's trading infrastructure.
- Solve complex engineering problems involving concurrency, networking, memory management, and CPU performance.
- Continuously improve system latency, throughput, and reliability.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong professional experience with modern C++.
- Excellent understanding of C++ fundamentals, memory management, and performance optimisation.
- Strong knowledge of multithreading and concurrency.
- Experience with Linux and systems-level development.
- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software architecture.
- Experience working on performance-critical or real-time systems.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
Highly Desirable
- Experience with:
- Low-latency / high-frequency trading
- Market data systems
- Exchange connectivity
- Order management and execution systems
- Network programming
- TCP/IP, UDP, multicast
- Lock-free programming
- CPU architecture and cache optimisation
- Kernel bypass / DPDK
- FPGA or hardware acceleration
- Performance profiling and benchmarking
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Ideal Background
We are particularly interested in engineers from:
- High-frequency trading firms
- Proprietary trading firms
- Quantitative hedge funds
- Electronic market makers
- Financial technology companies
- Low-latency technology companies
- Gaming, telecommunications, or other highly performance-sensitive environments
Previous experience in financial markets is not essential for exceptional C++ engineers with strong systems and performance backgrounds.
What’s On Offer
- Highly competitive base salary and performance-related compensation.
- Opportunity to work on some of the most technically demanding C++ systems in the industry.
- Access to sophisticated hardware and high-performance infrastructure.
- Close collaboration with Traders, Quant Researchers, and world-class Engineers.
- Strong engineering culture with significant technical autonomy.
- Excellent opportunities for career progression.
- International opportunities across major financial centres.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location