Senior Software Engineer – Trading Systems (OMS Pod)
Permanent - Full TimeJob Overview
As a member of the OMS (Order Management System) Pod, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance software that handles client-side order entry, state management, and execution reporting. This role requires a sophisticated blend of low-latency C++ engineering and an obsession with transactional integrity.
Key Responsibilities
- Order Lifecycle Management: Maintain and evolve the core OMS codebase, ensuring deterministic and reliable handling of orders, cancellations, and executions.
- Connectivity Engineering: Design and implement high-performance FIX adapters and WebSocket gateways to ensure seamless client communication.
- Performance Engineering: Identify and resolve memory bottlenecks and CPU spikes within the order routing path to ensure consistent "p99" latency.
- Collaborative Development: Partner closely with other developers, testers, and product managers to design and deliver robust, scalable software solutions.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential Experience
- Professional Experience: Substantial experience developing in C++ (standard 17 or higher), ideally within a trading firm.
- Concurrent Programming: Strong proficiency in writing, optimizing, and debugging complex multi-threaded applications.
- Expert Debugging: High proficiency with GDB (including advanced coredump analysis) and memory profiling tools.
- Modern Tooling: Experience utilizing AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot) to accelerate development, refactoring, and code quality.
- Strong Computer Science Foundations: A deep passion for algorithms, data structures, and the principles of clean, maintainable code.
Desirable Experience
- Domain Expertise: Prior hands-on experience with the FIX Protocol.
- Scripting: Proficiency in Python for developing automated test suites.
- Performance Analysis: Experience with valgrind, perf and gprof for identifying and mitigating micro-architectural bottlenecks.