Wolverine Trading
Senior C++ Software Engineer – Trading Platforms
$100K–$140K
Chicago, Illinois · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience developing C++ code.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Develops and supports high-performance C++ trading-platform systems, collaborating with traders and quantitative researchers and improving performance and development practices.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain C++ trading applications from design through production support.
- Work with traders and quantitative researchers to deliver robust, efficient solutions.
- Analyze and optimize performance, and improve code review, testing, and release processes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional C++ development experience and strong command of modern C++ (C++17 or later).
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, memory management, and object-oriented and generic design.
- Hands-on multi-threaded programming, concurrency, and performance tuning in real-time or latency-sensitive systems.
Pay
USD $100,000-$140,000 base salary
Tools
C++, C++17
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