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Experienced Software Developer (Position ##7004/SD)

Location London, UK


Position Summary

Futures First – UK, seeks an Experienced Software Developer in C++ with a strong background in derivative markets and FIX protocol to join our team. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in C++ programming and have a deep understanding of the derivative markets and FIX protocolThe Software Developer will work closely with other development teams and in-house financial market teams to design, develop, and implement efficient code for various components of the team’s low latency, high throughput production markets and research system. 

Job Profile

  • Design and implement a high frequency derivative markets participation platform that connects to multiple exchanges around the globe. This involves reading price information, analyzing the same and then send and manage multiple orders. 

  • Optimize the computational efficiency of existing algorithms to drive higher performance. 

  • Support, maintain, and enhance existing and new product functionality for derivative markets participation in a real-time, multi-threaded, multi-tier server architecture environment to create high low level design for concurrent high throughput, low latency software architecture 

  • Collaborate with research and derivative markets participation teams to understand their requirements and translate them into technical solutions 

  • Work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities 

  • Keep abreast of new technologies and industry developments to continually enhance technical skills and knowledge 

Requirements

Education Qualifications

  • Bachelors/Masters in Engineering, IT or Computers

Work Experience

  • A minimum 5 years of solid modern C++ development experience and the ability to understand, write, review and debug multithreaded code is required
  • Proven experience in multi-threaded applications with a focus on performance is required
  • Experience in the trading industry (specifically market data & algorithmic trading) is strongly preferred
  • A strong background in data structures, threading and object-oriented programming.

Skill Set

  • Strong working knowledge of Linux
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python is a plus
  • Brilliant detail oriented problem-solving abilities as well as multi-tasking ability.
  • Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up
  • Ability to work directly with stakeholders, understand their requirements and turn around with solutions fairly quickly
  • Develop, implement and maintain FIX protocol messaging
  • Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices

Compensation – As per market standard.

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