Lead C++ developer (London, hybrid)

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Lead C Engineer to lead a team of 4-6 developers building high-performance systems. This role combines technical leadership with active coding youll guide architecture and technical direction mentor the team and stay directly involved in development while also serving as a key liaison between engineering and business stakeholders.

About the project:

The project is a live high-performance market order and trading system designed as an exchange for energy commodities. Operating primarily in the US and European markets for a global client the platform handles complex trades where every millisecond counts.

• 10 years of professional experience in software development.

• Proven experience leading a technical team is required.

• Deep expertise inModern C (17/20/23): move semantics constexpr templates etc.

• Strong experience withLinux / POSIX environments.

• Proficiency with build systems and tools:CMake / vcpkg Git.

• Hands-on experience with concurrency andshared memory tools.

• Networking skills:ZeroMQ (or similar) low-level socket programming (TCP/UDP).

• Proficiency in usingAI coding tools (Cursor Claude Codex etc.) to enhance the development workflow.

• English: Upper-Intermediate or higher.

• Familiarity withkdbTypeScript andcode generation tools.

• Experience withSvelte is a plus.

• Experience in Financial or Trading domains (FIX Protocol OMS Market data feeds like ITCH/OUCH).

• Knowledge of Redis or other in-memory data stores.

• Familiarity with the Qt framework.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 4-6 C and UI developers.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders including product managers and other stakeholders
• Make regular hands-on code contributions.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other technical teams across the organization.
• Manage project timelines deliverables and cross-team communications.

• Autonomy: You excel at working independently learning on your own and figuring out large unfamiliar codebases without external support.

• Ownership: You are ready to take full responsibility for the core part of the system.

• Assertiveness: You can clearly communicate your technical vision and demonstrate your project understanding effectively.

Customer: Global company based in the US.

Type: Fintech / trading platform

Product: A platform connecting global buyers and sellers of specialized commodities providing trading data insights and market infrastructure used by large enterprises financial institutions and government agencies worldwide.

Market: Global serving corporations financial institutions and governments across multiple regions.

Stage: Existing established platform the team is expanding internationally (overseas expansion of the Markets Engineering team) not building from scratch.

Recruiter Anastasiia Vaskiv

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