Senior Engineer (C++)

TP ICAP
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows
Adobe InDesign
API
Algorithmic Trading
Data analysis
C Sharp (Programming Language)
C++
Cloud Computing
Code Review
Continuous Integration
Relational Databases
Software Debugging
Software Design Patterns
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Memory Management
Python
Microsoft Visual Studio
Windows API
Object-Oriented Software Development
Performance Tuning
Scrum
WinDBg
ZeroMQ (Concurrent Programming Libraries)
Multithreading
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Real Time Systems
Concurrency
Reliability of Systems
GIT
Containerization
Solid Principles
Kubernetes
Low Latency
Kafka
Software Version Control
Docker
Microservices

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior C++ Engineer to join our Global Analytics team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain high-performance trading and analytics systems used across our business. You'll work on low-latency, mission-critical applications, applying modern C++ to solve complex engineering problems and ensure system reliability at scale.

Beyond feature development, you'll play a key role in diagnosing and resolving production crashes, performing deep-dive debugging at the OS and runtime level. You'll collaborate closely with global colleagues, end users, and brokers, contributing to planning and delivery while mentoring junior engineers.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer who thrives in fast-paced, high-performance environments and wants to make a tangible impact on the stability and performance of trading infrastructure.

Role Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain robust, low-latency C++ applications with focus on performance, scalability, and resilience.
  • Take ownership of complex technical problems, including crash investigation, low-level debugging, and optimisation.
  • Perform deep crash analysis (call stacks, disassembly, memory corruption) and deliver long-term fixes.
  • Collaborate with peers and leads in design discussions and technical decision-making.
  • Conduct code reviews to ensure best practices and high engineering standards.
  • Mentor junior developers and enhance team capability.
  • Partner with QA, DevOps, product managers, and business users to deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Drive improvements in debugging, testing, and development processes.

Requirements

  • Strong professional C++ development experience (C++11/14/17).
  • Strong background in finance, trading systems, or other low-latency, high-throughput environments.
  • Expertise in modern C++ (memory management, concurrency, templates, STL, metaprogramming).
  • Skilled in crash dump analysis, memory leak detection, runtime debugging (WinDbg, VTune, Visual Studio).
  • Hands-on optimisation of multi-threaded, real-time systems.
  • Proficient in OOP, SOLID principles, RAII, and design patterns.
  • Strong knowledge of testing, CI/CD, and version control (TDD, Git, pipelines).
  • Familiarity with Windows internals (Win32 APIs, MFC/ATL), networking, IPC, and relational databases.
  • Exposure to distributed systems, microservices, and cloud platforms.
  • Strong communication and collaboration in Agile/SCRUM environments.
  • Nice-to-have: advanced Windows internals debugging, disassembly-level crash forensics, HFT performance tuning, distributed messaging (Kafka, Solace, ZeroMQ), containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), scripting (Python/C#), and trading domain knowledge.

About the company

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

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