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C++ Developer - Low Latency Trading

Selby Jennings
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/27/2026


About the Opportunity

A leading proprietary trading firm and options market maker is looking to add talented C Engineers to its trading technology organization. This is a chance to work on highly performance-critical systems, collaborating closely with traders and quantitative researchers to improve execution performance and help build the next generation of electronic trading platforms.

What You'll Do

  • Design and develop low-latency, high-performance applications using modern C .
  • Drive performance improvements across the trading stack, from software architecture to networking and hardware interactions.
  • Build scalable systems that consume real-time market data and support ultra-fast trade execution.
  • Work directly with traders and quants to deliver technology that has a measurable impact on trading outcomes.

What We're Looking For

  • Strong software engineering experience in C , with an emphasis on performance and optimization.
  • Experience working on low-latency systems, distributed systems, networking, or other high-performance environments.
  • Solid understanding of multithreading, concurrency, algorithms, and data structures.
  • A track record of solving difficult technical problems in complex production systems.

Requirements

  • 2 years of professional C development experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

Salary : $180,000 - $800,000

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