Lead C++ Engineer

· Understand and implement required development guidelines, design standards and best practices at all times.

· Understand in detail the business operational process both before and after the impact of any software changes.

· Take responsibility for analysis, design and development to ensure due diligence is applied consistently to all software changes.

· Ensure software releases support continuous build and automated deployment practices.

· Provide prompt and knowledgeable assistance to business continuity and platform operations whenever requested.

· Work to identify risks and enhance control across the business

· Oversee the day-to-day operations of the junior data team members, participate in scrum and sprint rituals.

Qualifications

8+ years-experience in building low latency pricing engines in C++

Experience in concurrency and threading and performance Optimization (smart pointers, Caching fundamentals, memory/thread pooling)

Strong problem-solving skills & moderate to good mathematical ability

Foundation knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms and Designing for performance.

Experience in optimization, maintenance and production support across large enterprises.

Experience in mentoring a small team of 2-4 highly qualified technical performers

Excellent communications skills and ability to work with business to extract critical concepts and transform into technical task items

Ability to work and lead in an Agile methodology environment

Ability to own end-to-end technical delivery of small and medium projects.

Working knowledge of emerging generative AI technology is desired.

Prior experience in capital markets or trading firms is a huge plus