Senior C++ Engineer
EPAM Systems, Inc.
London, UK
29 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
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Algorithmic Trading
C Sharp (Programming Language)
C++ (Programming Language)
Software Quality
Distributed Systems
Monitoring of Systems
Python (Programming Language)
Windows PowerShell
Standard Sql
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
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TypeScript
WebSocket
Rust (Programming Language)
Multithreading
Scripting
Job description
- Develop software that communicates with exchanges via APIs, handling market data and order transmission using protocols such as FIX, Websocket, or HTTP
- Ensure software quality by utilizing, maintaining, and extending testing suites
- Optimize exchange communication through kernel bypass and connection handling
- Research exchange behavior to align platform operations
- Implement solutions using exchange SDKs in C++, Rust, Python, and TypeScript
- Implement trading algorithms based on requirements from traders and quants
- Translate trading requirements into robust software implementations
- Improve stability, reliability, and performance of the trading engine
- Enhance monitoring and observability in partnership with Trading Operations
- Investigate and resolve production issues, including crashes and performance bottlenecks
- Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years post-graduation professional C++ software development experience in the financial industry
- Solid understanding of parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming for distributed systems
- Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of trading lifecycle, including order capture, execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance
- Technical skills in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL
- Proven track record in application deployment best practices
- Experience in proactive system monitoring and troubleshooting
Nice to have
- Excellent communication skills for interaction with traders, developers, and stakeholders
- Ability to thrive in high-pressure trading room environments
- Experience working under demanding deadlines with changing priorities
- Experience in commodity trading and supply operations, ideally within the energy sector
Benefits & conditions
- EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Protection benefits including life assurance, income protection and critical illness cover
- Private medical insurance and dental care
- Employee Assistance Program
- Competitive group pension plan
- Cyclescheme, Techscheme and season ticket loans
- Various perks such as free Wednesday lunch in-office, on-site massages and regular social events
- Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
- If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
- If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program
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