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Senior C++ Developer (with Market Data experience)

Luxoft

London, GBR

Full-time

Senior

USD 140000-200000 / year

Discovered 2 weeks ago

• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20 or later) • Hands-on experience with Market Data • Solid understanding of concurrency and synchronization (lock free / low lock patterns, atomics, memory models, etc.). • Proven experience building performance critical, real time, or low latency systems (e.g., networking, trading systems, telemetry, gaming engines, or similar). • Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management, and optimization. • Practical experience with Linux systems programming (sockets, epoll/select, threads, memory management, CPU affinity, etc.). • Experience using profiling, benchmarking, and performance analysis tools (e.g., perf, valgrind, flame graphs, CPU/memory profilers). • Proficiency with version control (Git) and standard build systems (CMake, Ninja, etc.). • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain high performance C++ services handling high message rates and low latency workloads. • Optimize existing components for latency, throughput, and CPU/memory efficiency. • Develop and tune networking, messaging, and I/O layers to handle large data volumes reliably. • Profile and debug performance issues at application, OS, and network levels. • Collaborate with quantitative, trading, and infrastructure teams (or analogous business/tech teams) to translate requirements into robust technical solutions. • Write clean, production quality code with appropriate tests and documentation. • Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Skills

Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20 or later) • Hands-on experience with Market Data • Solid understanding of concurrency and synchronization (lock free / low lock patterns, atomics, memory models, etc.). • Proven experience building performance critical, real time, or low latency systems (e.g., networking, trading systems, telemetry, gaming engines, or similar). • Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management, and optimization. • Practical experience with Linux systems programming (sockets, epoll/select, threads, memory management, CPU affinity, etc.). • Experience using profiling, benchmarking, and performance analysis tools (e.g., perf, valgrind, flame graphs, CPU/memory profilers). • Proficiency with version control (Git) and standard build systems (CMake, Ninja, etc.). • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.