C++ Software Engineer - Relocation to Amsterdam

Elevate Partners
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
5 days ago

Role details

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

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Automation of Tests
C++
Continuous Delivery
Distributed Systems
Hardware Design
Linux System Administration
Software Engineering
Software Systems
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Docker

Job description

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-performance C++ applications within a low-latency trading environment

  • Build scalable and reliable software solutions for trading, execution, and hardware development teams

  • Work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers on end-to-end product development

  • Gather business requirements and collaborate with key internal stakeholders to deliver innovative technical solutions

  • Contribute to greenfield projects while taking ownership across the full software development lifecycle

  • Balance performance, latency, scalability, maintainability, and reliability across complex distributed systems

  • Operate within an agile engineering environment with advanced automated testing and continuous deployment practices

Requirements

  • 5+ years' professional software engineering experience post-graduation

  • Strong commercial C++ development experience, ideally using modern C++ standards

  • Experience working within Linux environments

  • Familiarity with Python scripting

  • Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes environments

About the company

Elevate Partners are partnered with a global leading prop trading firm currently seeking experienced C++ Software Engineers to join their high-performing technology team in Amsterdam. Technology sits at the core of the business, with proprietary systems driving millions of trading decisions daily across global markets. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative engineering environment focused on building ultra-low latency, high-performance systems that directly impact trading performance. The engineering team develops software operating within the latency-critical layer of the firm's trading infrastructure. This includes market connectivity, large-scale data handling, trading algorithms, execution systems, and advanced hardware integrations.

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