Trading Systems Software Engineer

Trading Systems Developer - C++ - Low Latency - HFT - Miller Maxwell is retained by one of the most technically sophisticated high-frequency trading firms in the market. This is a rare opportunity to work where microseconds matter - building the systems that sit at the heart of live trading operations. Trading Systems Developer, the position: You’ll join a high-calibre markets engineering team embedded directly alongside traders and quants, building and optimising the low-latency infrastructure that powers multiple trading desks. This is genuine systems engineering - not maintaining legacy code, but architecting solutions where performance is the product. With significant programmes of work planned across Q3 and Q4, you’ll have immediate ownership of meaningful problems: reducing latency, hardening platform stability, and delivering tooling that traders actually rely on. The environment is collaborative, fast-paced, and technically uncompromising. Trading Systems Developer: What you will be focused on: Designing, building, and optimising low-latency trading systems in C++ across multiple desksIdentifying and eliminating performance bottlenecks - from application logic through to kernel and network layersCollaborating with traders and quants to translate strategy requirements into robust, production-ready softwareContributing to platform architecture discussions and taking end-to-end ownership of key engineering initiativesRigorous testing, profiling, and debugging across complex distributed systemsDefining and refining development estimates as part of an agile delivery team.

Trading Systems Developer skills required: 5+ years of C++ development experience in a performance-sensitive environment.Demonstrable experience in HFT or ultra-low-latency systems development.Strong understanding of capital markets structure and trading lifecycleSolid Linux fundamentals - comfortable at the command line and in production environmentsSQL proficiency and strong debugging and problem-solving instincts HIGHLY DESIRABLE Exposure to options trading systems or derivatives infrastructureQuantitative background - mathematics, statistics, or a related disciplineSecondary language experience: Python, Java, or CAn interest or experience within crypto trading. A STEM related degree. Agile delivery experience in a fast-moving engineering team