C++ Software Developer

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  • Company BlueCrest Capital Management
  • Employment Full-time
  • Location 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, London
  • Submitted Posted 3 weeks ago - Updated 16 hours ago

Job Title: C++ Software Developer
Location: London
Permanent

 

Department Overview: 

BlueCrest’s Internal Market Making group is an algorithmic execution and trading team with proprietary low latency trading architecture. The team is made up of developers, quants and traders working closely together with full ownership of the end to end trading cycle. The project has been built from a green field start so the code base is fresh, well organised and modular. Each team member is very well motivated within their own respective fields, driven and ambitious. This is a chance to make an impact in a growing area with stable business lines and gain full exposure to the product lifecycle and front office.

Role Overview:

You will be involved in the development and maintenance of a flexible, low-latency C++ automated suite of trading applications which are used to implement various execution optimisation strategies, as part of the central risk book on global futures exchanges. You will be working closely with quants and traders as part of a very dynamic team.

  • Be involved in all phases of the software development lifecycle (initial requirements, technical specifications, design, implementation, testing and maintenance).
  • Write safe, efficient C++ for both the back-end co-located trading servers and the simulation environment
  • Work on various aspects of BlueCrest’s automated trading infrastructure including market connectivity, order management and the business logic driving BlueCrest’s trading decisions.
  • Supporting monitoring tools and analysing system performance

Experience required:

Essential:

  • A deep passion for technology and software development
  • A self-motivated personality with a keen interest in working in a trading and front office role
  • Proactivity and initiative are a skill that we value highly
  • Excited by challenge and used to complexity
  • Proficiency within the latest C++ standards
  • Ability to work in an agile dev-ops environment with fast development cycles.
  • Experience with multithreading, real-time systems and socket programming
  • Ability to work with Linux/Unix

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of financial markets and algorithms are a highly appreciated plus
  • Debugging and testing skills.
  • Experience in professional script development (preferably Python).
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
  • Desire to learn new things
  • Willingness to get outside the comfort zone 
  • Experience working on applications that rely on Boost.
  • Git and Visual Studio experience

 

BlueCrest is committed to providing an inclusive environment for its workforce. As an employer, we provide equal opportunities to all people regardless of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, race, religion or ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation or nationality.

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