Millennium
Quantitative Developer (C++) - Central Liquidity Strategies
$160K–$250K
New York, New York · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 10, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in a front-office financial services environment as a senior contributor; 10+ years cumulative professional experience.
- Education
- Degree in computer science or a related field.
About the job
Designs and maintains a high-performance, low-latency C++ framework and trading systems for algorithmic trading, working with quantitative research and trading teams to improve execution performance.
What you'll do
- Build and enhance the low-latency trading framework, execution algorithms, order management systems, market data handlers, and trading interfaces.
- Use network and systems programming to reduce latency and improve platform efficiency.
- Develop market-data and simulation tools, automated tests, and performance benchmarks in collaboration with research and trading teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional experience in a front-office financial services environment as a senior contributor.
- 10+ years of cumulative professional experience.
- Degree in computer science or a related field.
- Strong C++ skills, including C++17/C++20/C++23, multithreading, and asynchronous environments; understanding of low-latency systems, Linux internals, networking, and financial trading systems.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Python for quantitative research and data-oriented processing.
- Familiarity with analysis of execution algorithm performance.
Pay
$160,000 to $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, C++17, C++20, C++23, Linux, Python
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