Software Engineer, Trading – Cumberland Systematic (C++/Python)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a diversified trading firm using proprietary capital and technology to operate across global financial markets, with additional activities in real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, document, and maintain software for research, trading, and post-trade analysis.
• Build market data handling, feature and signal computation, portfolio optimization, and execution management systems.
• Develop high-availability trading systems, research infrastructure, monitoring and observability tooling, and integrations with core services.
• Work primarily with C++ and Python across unit, functional, and integration testing.
• Collaborate directly with quantitative researchers, traders, and software engineers.
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional C++ experience.
• Experience building complex, mission-critical modern C++ systems that are maintainable and safely refactorable.
• Deep understanding of concurrency in C++ and Python, type safety, and type systems.
• Experience developing high-availability distributed systems with tight latency constraints.
• Understanding of computer networking, related technologies, and their tradeoffs.
• Practical knowledge of fundamental statistics and numerical methods, plus experience writing software for the trading domain.

Nice to have

• Experience collaborating with quantitative researchers.
• Knowledge of high-level machine learning concepts and lifecycle.
• Experience with functional programming, immutable design principles, Cython, and integrating C++ and Python stacks.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a global multi-asset trading operation with teams primarily located in Chicago and London.
• Operate with significant autonomy and take ownership of projects from high-level requirements through completion.
• Collaborate closely with researchers, traders, and engineers in a high-expectations environment focused on integrity, innovation, and continuous learning.