Senior C++ Software Engineer
WorldQuant5 months ago
Budapest, HungarySenior
Responsibilities
- Build software platforms and tooling for large-scale quantitative research and portfolio production.
- Own and solve complex technical challenges involved in developing a scalable and efficient firmwide platform.
- Write, test, and deploy production-quality C++ code on Linux.
- Develop large-scale distributed systems using high-performance application design and concurrency patterns.
- Collaborate with researchers, portfolio managers, and technology teams.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience writing production-quality C++ code on Linux.
- Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals.
- Ability to develop large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction and proficiency in English.
- Python development experience is preferred.
- Experience with large-scale graph-data computation or streaming/dataflow systems is preferred.
- Prior financial-services experience is not required.
Benefits
- Premium private health insurance and life insurance with a savings plan.
- Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave.
- Training courses, library access, guest speakers, share-and-learn events, and global conferences.
- Regular offsite team-building events, annual conferences, occasional global summits, and opportunities to travel and connect with global teams.
- Competitive compensation package.
About WorldQuant
WorldQuant is a privately held quantitative asset management firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. It builds proprietary research platforms and trading infrastructure to generate predictive signals and deploy systematic investment strategies across global markets and asset classes for institutional investors. The firm manages over $7 billion in assets under management and operates a network of offices worldwide.