Overview
C++, Front Office Trading, Linux, Python, Hedge Fund
McGregor Boyall have partnered with a London-based hedge fund currently hiring for their main trading desk. The role involves building high-performance components for their trading platform, working with advanced concurrency patterns and lock-free data structures. You'll be working closely with quants and traders to help further drive best market execution and alpha generation.
Responsibilities
* Build high-performance components for the trading platform, work with advanced concurrency patterns and lock-free data structures, and collaborate with quants and traders to improve market execution and alpha generation.
* Work with highly modern C++ hosted on Linux, with a small amount of Python (optional) for research models. Create clean, readable, testable code that is highly asynchronous and multi-threaded.
* Act as a Subject Matter Expert for the trading team on all matters C++ and have autonomy to shape the technology architecture with modern tools.
Requirements
* Excellent C++ programming skills, ideally using a modern version
* Expertise with multithreaded systems
* Some level of experience with Python
* Experience working with systems processing high volumes of data (tera- or petabyte-scale)
* Extensive expertise with at least one of: HFT, prop trading, derivatives, buyside finance
Nice to have
* Prior experience working for a financial market maker
* Excellent academics at the post-grad level
Benefits
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
Benefits: bonus + benefits
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