Flow Traders
Senior Software Engineer, C++ (Market Data)
$225K–$300K
New York +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Location
- New York
Chicago, Illinois, United States
New York, New York, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
- Education
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads development and global rollout of a low-latency market data platform supporting systematic trading, research, pricing, and execution.
What you'll do
- Lead development and global rollout of the Core market data platform.
- Design high-performance market data ingestion, normalization, distribution, and execution components.
- Build tools for systematic pricing and trading strategies, and deploy, monitor, profile, and optimize components in production.
What they ask for
- BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience.
- Experience building low-latency market data ingestion, order execution, and algorithmic trading systems.
- Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures; experience with parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming.
Nice to have
- Proprietary trading industry experience.
Pay
USD $225,000 to $300,000 base salary; annual discretionary variable remuneration (amount not specified)
Tools
C++
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