C++ Developer (Energy) – London – £800-900/day

C++ Developer (Energy) – London – £800-950/day

**There is flex on the day rate for the right candidate**

We’re working with an industry leading energy client that are looking for a proficient C++ Developer for an initial 6 month contract.

This role will fall inside IR35 and will require you in their Central London office 3 days per week.

Required Industry Knowledge:

•     Understanding of major global futures exchanges and their native protocols

•     Knowledge of full exchange-traded derivatives trade lifecycle

•     Minimum of 8 years’ experience in Trading & Capital Markets / Investment Banks

Role Overview

Exchange Connectivity

•     Write software that communicates with exchanges through their APIs, receiving market data and sending orders over the network in different protocols, such as FIX, Websocket or HTTP requests

•     Ensure quality of software based on a set of testing suites, which you are expected to use, maintain and extend

•     Optimize exchange communication through kernel bypass, optimizing TLS or the connection handling to an exchange

•     Research exchange behavior in detail to align our behavior to that of an exchange

•     Implement these solutions using the provided exchange SDKs in different languages such as C++, Rust, Python, Typescript

Trading Strategies

•     Implement trading algorithms based on requirements provided by traders and quants

•     Acquire and develop the necessary trading knowledge to successfully translate the requirements into actual software implementation

•     Continuously improve the stability, reliability, and performance of the trading engine

•     Enhance monitoring and observability in collaboration with the Trading Operations team

•     Investigate and resolve production issues such as crashes, unexpected business logic behaviour, and performance bottlenecks

•     Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions

If you’re available in the next few weeks then please apply here as there are 2 roles open!

C++ Developer (Energy) – London – £800-950/day

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