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C++ Trading Systems Developer

Request Technology, LLC
Downers Grove, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 11/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/4/2026

***This role requires working onsite 4 days each week***

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***

***Position is Bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Firm is currently seeking a C Trading Systems Developer with industry experience. Candidate will design, build, and optimize our high-performance, low-latency trading infrastructure and strategies. This is a hands-on engineering role working directly with traders, quants, and other technologists to deliver cutting-edge solutions in global markets.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain low-latency trading applications and market access systems in modern C .

• Collaborate with traders, quants, and researchers to implement, refine, and evaluate algorithmic and quantitative trading strategies.

• Implement new trading algos and research ideas in the internal core trading framework.

• Design and implement exchange connectivity, order routing, and market data feed handlers across multiple asset classes and venues worldwide.

• Optimize systems for speed, throughput, scalability, and reliability, using profiling, performance tuning, and latency analysis.

• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements and design to testing, deployment, and production support.

• Research and recommend new technologies, tools, and methods to improve performance, scalability, and code quality.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM field (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD).

• At least 5 years of experience developing performance-critical software in modern C (C 14 or newer).

• Strong knowledge of multi-threading, memory management, and network/socket programming (TCP/UDP).

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and network tools (Wireshark, TCPDump).

• Strong organizational and software architecture skills with an eye for performance profiling and optimization.

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