Market Access Developer - C++
Qube Research & Technologies4 months ago
Base Salary
$180k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance low-latency algorithmic trading strategies.
- Develop systems covering exchange price feeds, financial indicators, market-making algorithms, backtesting, tick-data management, exchange simulators, and trading gateways.
- Support the production environment and related operational processes.
- Collaborate with quantitative analysts, developers, traders, and operations staff to design and deliver trading systems.
- Contribute to quantitative research when appropriate, although it is not the core focus.
Requirements
- Computer Science degree or equivalent.
- At least five years of low-latency Linux development using C/C++, STL, and Boost.
- Experience designing and implementing multithreaded and distributed systems.
- Good knowledge of distributed network architecture.
- Familiarity with low-level optimization techniques on x86/64 platforms.
- Familiarity with the Linux/GCC development toolchain and Red Hat Linux.
- Knowledge of equities and futures asset classes is highly desirable.
- Experience in a front-office trading-desk-aligned role is advantageous.
- Knowledge of market-data feed handlers and execution gateways is highly desirable.
- Experience with the Linux kernel, FPGA, and network-card offloading is advantageous.
Benefits
- Base salary range is $180,000 to $300,000 per year.
- Discretionary performance-based bonuses are included in total compensation.
- Competitive benefits package.