Software Engineer, C++

Flow Traders is looking for experienced C Software Engineers to join our growing Digital Assets Development team in Hong Kong. The ideal candidate is curious methodical and a multitasker. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted creative minds and challenge them to make full use of their capacities.

In this role you will develop low-latency systems for trading various asset classes across global venues. Working closely with product owners Traders and Quantitative Researchers you will design and optimize trading strategies. You will also focus on platform support latency reduction fault tolerance and memory optimization ensuring high throughput. Your role includes deployment post-deployment support and collaboration with operations and trading teams to maintain infrastructure stability performance and availability while also addressing production issues and enhancing monitoring.

Some of the technologies we use in the development process:

• C 17/ C 20
• Compilers:gcc10/clang17
• PythonRustandTypescript
• Buildsystem:CMake
• Versioncontrol:Git
• Testingframeworks:GoogleTestPytestandNosetest
• Versioncontrol/codereviewsystem:Bitbucket
• Operatingsystem:DebianLinux
• Continuousintegrationsystem:Bamboo
• Deploymentautomation:Ansible

What you will do:

• LeadthedevelopmentandglobalrolloutofourCoreplatformusedinmultiplebusiness/focusgroups(MarketdataQuantitativeresearchPricingStrategies)
• Beinvolvedinthedevelopmentprocesswhichwillbeafast-pacediterativeprocesswhereyoudeployyourdeliverablesandvalidatethemyourselfand/ortogetherwithtradersorquants
• Developtools/frameworkstodelivercapabilitiesfortuning/developdata-drivensystematicpricingandtradingstrategies
• WorktogetherwithfocusgroupengineersQuantsandTechnicaltraderstorefinerequirementscollectfeedbackanditerateondesignandimplementationofplatformrequirements

ExchangeConnectivity:

• WritesoftwarethatcommunicateswithcryptoexchangesthroughtheirAPIsreceivingmarketdataandsendingordersoverthenetworkindifferentprotocolssuchasFIXWebsocketorHTTPrequests
• Ensurequalityofsoftwarebasedonasetoftestingsuiteswhichyouareexpectedtousemaintainandextend
• OptimizeexchangecommunicationthroughkernelbypassoptimizingTLSortheconnectionhandlingtoanexchange
• Researchexchangebehaviorindetailtoalignourbehaviortothatofanexchange
• ImplementthesesolutionsusingtheprovidedexchangeSDKsindifferentlanguagessuchasCRustPythonTypescript

TradingStrategies:

• Implementtradingalgorithmsbasedonrequirementsprovidedbytradersandquants
• Acquireanddevelopthenecessarytradingknowledgetosuccessfullytranslatetherequirementsintoactualsoftwareimplementation
• Continuouslyimprovethestabilityreliabilityandperformanceofthetradingengine
• EnhancemonitoringandobservabilityincollaborationwiththeTradingOperationsteam
• Investigateandresolveproductionissuessuchascrashesunexpectedbusinesslogicbehaviorandperformancebottlenecks
• Prepareforreleasesanddeploymentsofnewtradingengineversions

Whatyouneedtosucceed:

• 5yearsofexperiencewithC
• Goodknowledgeofdatastructuresandalgorithms
• Cryptocurrency/Blockchainfamiliarityhighlypreferable
• Understandingoffullsoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle
• Abilitytowritecleanandsimplecode
• Relevantexperiencewithunitandregressiontesting
• Knowledgeableaboutcomputerarchitectureandmemorysubsystem
• ExperiencewithsomeLinuxdistribution
• Goodinterpersonalandteamplayingskills
• Abilitytocommunicatewithstakeholderswithdifferentbackgrounds

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes and any other information identifying potential candidates submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via email the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.