Venture Search

Venture Search has partnered with a global electronic trading firm, that is seeking a Software Developer to join its New York office, focused on building and optimising ultra-low-latency trading systems. This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about high-performance C++ development and enjoy working close to the hardware, networks, and real-time trading environments.
You will collaborate closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and infrastructure teams to design and maintain systems where nanoseconds matter.
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ software for low-latency trading and market-making systems</li>
<li>Optimise system performance across the full stack, including CPU, memory, networking, and OS tuning</li>
<li>Build and enhance real-time trading, pricing, and execution systems</li>
<li>Work closely with traders to implement and refine trading logic in production environments</li>
<li>Profile, debug, and optimise latency-critical code paths</li>
<li>Develop tools for monitoring, testing, and performance analysis of live systems</li>
<li>Contribute to system reliability, fault tolerance, and operational excellence</li>
<li>Follow best practices in software engineering, testing, and code review</li>
</ul>
Required Qualifications
<ul>
<li>Strong proficiency in
modern C++ (C++17/20)</li>
<li>Deep understanding of
low-latency and high-performance systems</li>
<li>Solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and concurrency</li>
<li>Experience with Linux systems programming</li>
<li>Familiarity with networking concepts (TCP/UDP, multicast)</li>
<li>Strong debugging and performance profiling skills</li>
</ul>
Preferred Qualifications
<ul>
<li>Experience in electronic trading, market making, or high-frequency trading</li>
<li>Knowledge of CPU architecture, cache behavior, and memory management</li>
<li>Experience with lock-free programming and multithreaded systems</li>
<li>Familiarity with kernel bypass, RDMA, or hardware acceleration</li>
</ul>

C++ Developer (Delta One Trading Desk)

C++ Developer (Delta One Trading Desk)

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