Flow Traders
Senior Software Engineer, C++
$185K–$225K
New York +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Location
- New York
Chicago, Illinois, United States
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 5+ years post-graduation professional C++ software development experience; proprietary trading industry preferred.
- Education
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent.
About the job
Build and optimize low-latency C++ trading platforms, exchange connectivity, and trading systems used across global markets.
What you'll do
- Lead development and global rollout of the Core platform, iterating on deliverables with engineers, researchers, traders, and quants.
- Develop exchange connectivity software and optimize exchange communication, including protocols, testing, and connection performance.
- Implement and improve trading algorithms and engines, including monitoring, reliability, performance, and production issue resolution.
What they ask for
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent.
- 5+ years post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
- Ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable code; good knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
- Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
Nice to have
- Proprietary trading industry experience.
- Interest in achieving maximum performance from available hardware and software.
Pay
$185,000 to $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Rust, Python, Typescript, FIX, Websocket, HTTP
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