C++ Software Engineer - Market Data
$110,000–$150,000 year
Hybrid · New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Senior Market Data Engineer to own high-performance market data systems end-to-end, including feed handlers, order-book construction, distribution frameworks, and research-facing tools. Drive exchange protocol upgrades and venue onboarding while preserving strict determinism and latency guarantees. Expand coverage across equities, futures, options, and related products; continuously improve data quality and internal consistency; optimize for throughput, latency, and resiliency under extreme production load. Act as a production owner, driving projects from design through deployment and long-term operational support. Collaborate with trading and quantitative research teams to translate business requirements into robust, performant solutions and influence architectural direction and engineering standards.
Required Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in modern C++ (20/23, enable 26 features)
- Deep understanding of large-scale, real-time, low-latency systems (multithreading, memory management, networking, performance assessment, latency analysis, profiling, OS tuning)
- Experience building or maintaining market data feed handlers, order book systems, or exchange connectivity infrastructure
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex, real-time production environments
- Familiarity with exchange protocols (e.g., ITCH, PITCH, iMpact, OUCH)
- Demonstrated ownership of systems operating in production environments
- Ability to balance performance, correctness, and maintainability in pragmatic engineering decisions
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