C++ Software Engineer | Trading Team

Jump Trading
London, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
£74,097.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Big Data C++ (Programming Language) Information Technology

Job description

  • Design, implement, and optimize trading algorithms
  • Collaborate closely with team members to brainstorm, experiment, and execute innovative trading strategies
  • Perform comprehensive testing to ensure accuracy, stability, and minimize financial risk
  • Continuously improve our trading platform’s performance with a focus on resource efficiency and hardware optimization
  • Foster a positive working environment and maintain strong relationships within the team
  • Other duties as assigned or needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • At least 5+ years of experience in C++ development, with expertise in algorithmic trading systems
  • Track record of developing, deploying, and maintaining market order execution algorithms
  • People have designed/implemented large-scale big data processing/modelling systems on high-performance-computing-cluster etc.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and an analytical mindset
  • Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to testing and quality assurance
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a humble and cooperative attitude
  • Team player who values collaboration and shared success
  • Reliable and predictable availability

Benefits & conditions

  • Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
  • Travel Medical Insurance
  • Group Pension Scheme
  • Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Parking and Commuter Benefits

About the company

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and exchanges. They leverage their impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills, using the results of their research to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.

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