Job Description

Quantitative Developer, Software Engineering
Up to $200k base + Bonus
Dubai

We are working with a very well-backed prop trading firm in Dubai, who are looking for C++ Trading Engineers, to build their next-generation trading platform. You will be developing low-latency systems with an event-driven architecture, with direct connectivity to major global exchanges.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with a dynamic team to design and develop a brand-new trading platform from the ground up. Implement low-latency, event-driven systems in C++ and Python, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Build and maintain exchange adapters and connectivity solutions for markets (US, Europe, APAC, Crypto etc) parallel programming and concurrency techniques to handle high data throughput and low-latency requirements. Utilise TDD methodologies to ensure clean, maintainable, and reliable code. Work closely with the architecture team to integrate real-time data feeds, order processing, and trade execution in an event-driven framework. Monitor and improve system performance, troubleshooting and optimising as needed to ensure ultra-low latency and stability.

Key Requirements:

Experience with modern C++, proficiency in building and optimising low-latency systems. Event-Driven Architecture - hands-on experience with event-driven design patterns, including experience with message brokers and real-time data processing. Low Latency and Parallel Programming - familiarity with multithreading and concurrency, ideally within trading or real-time systems. Python Skills - competency in Python for automation, scripting, and data processing tasks. Exchange Connectivity - experience with FIX protocol and building adapters.
TDD - proven experience ining TDD principles to write clean, testable code. * Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning - strong debugging skills and experience optimising for ultra-low latency.