Experienced Low Level Software Engineer (C++)

Job Description

Hudson River Trading is seeking an Experienced Low Level Software Engineer (C++) to join their team in London. The successful candidate will work within small, productive teams to design, improve, and maintain the technology that powers worldwide trading.

At HRT, the code engineers write directly impacts the business. The engineer will collaborate with developers across the firm who write trading algorithms, monitor trading, and build and maintain a world-class research environment. This role offers constant challenges in the fast-paced financial markets, requiring work on critical software in a real-time environment.

HRT's distributed system is on the Pareto frontier of latency and throughput, offering limitless opportunities for continuous learning and development in C++, OS internals, CPU architecture, and networking hardware and protocols.

Role involves:

• Working in small, highly productive teams.
• Designing, improving, and maintaining trading technology.
• Collaborating with various development teams.
• Solving complex problems in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Superior design, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced C++ experience.
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication.

HRT Offers:

• Opportunity to work on critical software in a fast-paced, real-time environment.
• Limitless opportunity to continue to learn and develop deep knowledge of C++, OS internals, CPU architecture, and networking hardware and protocols.