We are partnering with one of the world’s most technically ambitious proprietary trading firms - a group rebuilding their entire trading platform from the metal up to operate at the physical limits of modern hardware. This isn’t an incremental improvement. It’s a total re-architecture of the fastest system on the planet, where every microsecond is contested ground and every cache miss is a bug.
Environment: C++20/23 • Linux • Kernel-bypass Networking • FPGA • RDMA • Nanosecond Execution
Their engineers operate where nanoseconds decide P&L — measured, profiled, and deployed in live markets where performance is the edge.
They’re now seeking an elite C++ Engineer capable of designing and optimising the core of a real-time execution platform — a system that ingests millions of market events per second and reacts deterministically, faster than anyone else on Earth.
The successful engineer will:
*Architectzero-GC, lock-free pipelines built around ring buffers and cache-aligned data structures.
*Developcustom kernel-bypass network stacks usingDPDK, RDMA, and Solarflare Onload, tuned to single-digit microsecond latency.
*Engineerbranch-prediction-aware order handlers andSIMD-vectorized pricing logic inAVX-512.
*Deliver next-tick telemetry withnanosecond-precision timestamps and cross-core synchronization.
*Collaborate withFPGA specialists to merge hardware precision with software agility.
The Toolkit
*ModernC++20/23, template metaprogramming, constexpr, inline assembly when necessary.
*Profiling and optimization usingperf,VTune,bcc, andFlameGraphs.
*Deep knowledge ofNUMA-aware design, memory fences, and lock-free concurrency.
*Expertise incustom allocator design,branchless algorithms, andprofile-guided optimization.
*A habit of benchmarking rather than assuming — data, not theory.
Ideal Background
*Proven experience buildingultra-low-latency systems in trading, gaming, or networking.
*Deep understanding ofCPU architecture, from cache hierarchies to speculative execution.
*The mindset of someone whothinks in nanoseconds and measures in CPU cycles.
*A record of winning battles with compilers, kernels, and performance bottlenecks.
The Environment
This firm operates on a flat structure — no committees, no bureaucracy, no excuses. Engineering, hardware, and trading sit shoulder-to-shoulder. Code that’s 10ns faster doesn’t just run better — it changes the business.
If you believe latency is the final frontier, and profiling is the only truth, this is the environment you’ve been building toward.
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