Senior Software Engineer (C++)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (C++): Designing and implementing high-performance market data and execution platforms for systematic trading with an accent on low-latency networking, order book construction, and exchange microstructure. Focus on optimizing the path from wire to strategy and maximizing hardware efficiency through OS internals and memory architecture.

Location: London

Company

hirify.global is a leading proprietary trading firm focused on systematic trading across hundreds of global venues.

What you will do

• Lead the development and global rollout of the Core market data platform across multiple focus areas.
• Design and implement high-performance components for market data ingestion, normalization, and distribution.
• Develop tools and frameworks to enable quants and technical traders to build and deploy data-driven pricing and trading strategies.
• Own the full lifecycle of components, including deployment, monitoring, profiling, and production optimization.
• Collaborate with focus group engineers, quants, and technical traders to refine platform design and requirements.

Requirements

• BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
• Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and parallel/asynchronous multithreaded programming.
• Ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable C++ code.
• Deep interest in CPU caches, memory layout, and low-latency networking for maximum hardware performance.