Senior C++ Engineer in AMSTERDAM AREA

Senior C++ Software Engineer

Amsterdam – Hybrid

L4/ L5 IC position, salary banding DOE

Work for a leading FinTech on a global scale, that hosts a range of financial products across the crypto trading, asset management and investment space!

They are looking for a C++ Expert to work on developing low-latency systems that are used to trade different asset classes (including equities, derivatives, cryptocurrencies) globally.

What you’ll be doing

The ideal engineer would take ownership of the full software development life cycle, by working closely with the wider business to discuss and clarify requirements; also taking responsibility for testing and ensuring quality of your own implementations, then deploy to production together with operations engineers and traders to perform post-deployment support and validation.

• Exchange Connectivity: Your primary responsibility will be writing software that communicates with exchanges through their APIs, receiving market data and sending orders over the network in different protocols, such as TCP, UDP, Websocket. The quality of software is ensured thanks to a set of testing suites, which you are expected to use, maintain, and extend.
• Trading Strategies: Your main responsibility will be to implement trading algorithms based on requirements provided by traders. You will acquire and develop the necessary trading knowledge to successfully translate the requirements into actual software implementation.

Who they think would make a good fit

• MUST HAVE: Expertise in C++
• MUST HAVE: Crypto industry experience/ background
• Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Understanding of full SDLC
• Ability to write clean and simple code
• Knowledge of unit and regression testing, computer architecture and memory subsystems

Very competitive package including a strong base salary, up to 20% bonus structure, and unique benefits that I would love to tell you more about!

(Relocation support/ VISA sponsorship is possible)