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# C++ Observability Engineer

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £221,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Profiling, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Data Logging, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Low Latency
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/c-engineer/hays-job107764632

## About the Role

A leading banking organisation is seeking a Senior C++ Observability Engineer to drive observability across critical real-time market data and trading platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on improving reliability, latency visibility, customer experience monitoring, and operational insight across low-latency systems.Essential Requirements

 * Strong C++ engineering background
 * Experience in financial services, trading, market data, or low-latency environments
 * Deep expertise in observability engineering (metrics, tracing, logging, telemetry, profiling)
 * Experience with OpenTelemetry, eBPF, and modern monitoring platforms
 * Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and distributed systems
 * Experience driving observability standards and adoption across engineering teams
 * Exposure to GitOps, CI/CD, and automation practices

Ideal BackgroundCandidates from investment banking, exchanges, market-making, trading, or market data environments will be particularly well suited.Must Have: C++

 * Low Latency Systems
 * Financial Services
 * Kubernetes
 * Observability Engineering



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