C| Developer | System Design |amp| Implementation

Job Title : C++ Low Latency Developer

Organisation Overview : HKKR GLOBAL

Company info : :

We are looking for a C++ Low latency engineer, with deep experience in Finance Industry ( Investment banking, hedge funds..) who is excited to architect, design, and implement low latency C++ systems that are robust, resilient, accurate, stable, and blindingly fast. By building and maintaining this high-performance infrastructure, this developer will help to position our client as a leader in the field of quantitative trading. You will shape the future of this industry while you work alongside other exceptional programmers and strategists to solve some of the most significant engineering problems in the world.

Job Location : Gurugram

Education Required : A degree in computer science or a related field.

Responsibilities

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned :
• Assisting in the development of a tick by tick backtesting research platform and exchange simulation
• Collaborating with hardware and software developers across divisions to build ultra-low latency trading systems
• Contributing towards the team's technical direction by driving new initiatives
• Developing and optimizing large-scale parallel computation problems that require large quantities of data shared across resources
• Developing systems, interfaces, and tools to historical market data and trading simulations that increase research productivity
• Designing and implementing a low latency high-frequency trading platform, which includes collecting quotes and trades from and disseminating orders to exchanges around the world
• Optimizing this platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimize latency
• Helping build and maintain our automated test and benchmark framework, risk-management, performance-tracking, and other tools
• Testing, implementing and benchmarking different feed handlers (internal and external) on different hardware offerings and settings (different switches, different compilers and compiler flags, different OS options, etc.)
• Working closely with trading teams to gather requirements and develop solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Working with development and support teams to adapt to exchange technical upgrades.

Required Skill Set And Experience
• Minimum 5+ Years of experience in a similar role
• A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming in C++
• Strong template, metaprogramming, and generic programming knowledge are a plus.
• Comfortable with new features of C++17 and C++20
• Strong understanding of low-latency and real-time system design and implementation
• Good understanding of Linux system internals and networking
• Deep understanding of CPU architecture and the ability to leverage CPU capabilities
• Strong financial experience across multiple asset classes, particularly Options.

Knowledge
• Strong understanding of multiple trading venue protocols and unique behaviors (for both Market Data, and Order Entry, with a focus on Market Data)
• Knowledge of any other development language, including Java, Python, or Perl and shell scripts (a plus).

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