Software Developer C++
Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Partners3 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and enhance matching engines, FIX gateways, and electronic trading applications.
- Build and maintain high-performance, low-latency applications using Java and C++.
- Develop and support client-server applications and real-time market-data or trading gateways.
- Maintain and enhance applications written in Java, JavaScript, and related technologies.
- Integrate FIX and other electronic trading protocols.
- Develop efficient in-memory data structures and processing techniques.
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve application stability and scalability.
- Collaborate with trading, product, and infrastructure teams to deliver trading solutions.
- Support the full software development lifecycle, including deployment and maintenance.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on Java.
- Working knowledge of C and C++ and experience or familiarity with Python.
- Hands-on experience developing applications with FIX or similar electronic trading protocols.
- Experience in high-frequency, low-latency, or electronic trading environments.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, unicast, and multicast networking.
- Good knowledge of Linux, including system calls, multithreading, inter-process communication, sockets, and scheduling.
- Experience with performance-focused programming for high-frequency trading systems.
- Strong understanding of efficient in-memory data management and optimization techniques.
- Experience developing client-server applications and understanding software performance, concurrency, and networking.
- Knowledge of NUMA architectures and NUMA-aware programming practices is advantageous.
About Cantor Fitzgerald / BGC Partners
Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm that brokers and trades fixed income and equities, underwrites and advises via its investment bank, and provides prime brokerage, asset management, and commercial real estate financing to institutions, corporations, and governments. Founded in 1945 and headquartered in New York, it operates worldwide and is affiliated with BGC Partners (NASDAQ: BGC), which runs interdealer brokerage and related financial technology businesses.