VP, C++ Developer

We are seeking an experienced Senior C Developer (VP level) to join our Market Access Technology team at a leading global financial institution in Hong Kong. This is a high-impact role within our front-office trading infrastructure responsible for designing and maintaining the systems that connect directly to global exchanges and deliver real-time market data to our trading desks.

This is a hands-on senior position where you will act as both a technical architect and a mentor within a team of 10 C engineers. You will design develop and optimize market connectivity solutions pre-trade risk systems internal matching engines and position inventory management toolsall built with a focus on high-performance low-latency and resiliency.

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of mission-critical systems that directly impact the firms electronic trading business across APAC.

• Drive Technical Strategy & Architecture: Lead architectural decisions for the entire market access stack including network infrastructure colocation setup and system optimizationensuring high-performance low-latency and resilient distributed systems.
• Build High-Performance Exchange Connectivity: Develop and maintain direct exchange connections for market data and order executionworking with proprietary exchange protocols and standard messaging formats such as FIX.
• Provide Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior engineers conduct code reviews set engineering standards and promote best-practice development across the team.
• Drive Continuous Delivery & Automation: Build automated tests and enhance tooling for automated builds and deployments supporting the teams Continuous Delivery approach.
• Collaborate with Trading Desks & Stakeholders: Partner with traders quant researchers and infrastructure teams to understand business requirements and deliver robust reusable solutions.
• Troubleshoot & Optimize Complex Systems: Investigate and resolve production issues optimize system performance and ensure 24/7 reliability of market access systems.

Essential Requirements:

• 10 years of relevant experience building trading systems market connectivity or market data platformswhether at an investment bank proprietary trading firm buy-side institution or crypto trading firm.
• Deep expertise in C development with solid experience across C11/14/17/20 (or later) including multi-threading concurrency and template metaprogramming.
• Strong Linux systems knowledge with hands-on experience in network programming socket programming and low-level infrastructure.
• Proven experience building market connectivity systems with direct exchange integrationincluding knowledge of exchange proprietary protocols FIX or other market data/order execution protocols.
• Architectural mindsetable to make strategic technical decisions design resilient distributed systems and contribute to infrastructure planning (including colocation setup).
• Leadership and mentoring capabilitiesexperience mentoring junior developers conducting code reviews and setting engineering standards.
• Excellent communication skills in English with the ability to collaborate effectively with trading desks infrastructure teams and global stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications (Not Mandatory):

• Experience with C20/23 and modern metaprogramming techniques
• Knowledge of network adapters CPU architectures and kernel-bypass solutions
• Python scripting skills for automation and tooling
• Previous experience in a front-office trading environment
• Understanding of market microstructure exchange behavior and order book dynamics