C++ Software Engineer (Greenfield Market Data Application HFT Firm)

Location: NYC (Hybrid at least 4 days onsite/week Monday - Thursday)

This is a 6 month consulting opportunity that can be extended up to 12 months

Visa Sponsorship: Talan does not sponsor U.S. work permits or employment visas.

We are looking for a strong C Developer to build a greenfield low-latency market data application for a high-frequency trading firm. The ideal candidate will have strong OOP fundamentals especially in C and will be passionate about developing new features on Trade and Market Access Platforms.

Role and responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance C systems from the ground up for a global Market Data Feed Application

• Apply strong OOP design patterns data structures and algorithms to build clean and maintainable systems

• Design scalable low-latency components for real-time market data processing

• Develop network connectivity using UDP/TCP including multicast

• Implement and integrate financial market data protocols including ITCH PITCH and OUCH

• Build market data processing and order book components

• Design concurrent thread-safe systems with a focus on latency throughput and reliability

• Profile benchmark and optimize performance-critical code

• Optimizing this platform by using network and systems programming as well as other advanced techniques to minimize latency

Qualifications :

Requirements

• 3-5 years of C backend development

  • Strong C programming and object-oriented design fundamentals (Must be familiar with C 23 features or latest C 17)

• Excellent knowledge of data structures algorithms and system design

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

• Experience building performance-sensitive or real-time systems is highly preferred.

Companys Benefits

At Talan we invest in our employees well-being and empower them with benefits including:

• Salary between USD $120000 - 150000
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 8 paid holidays 5 sick days 2 personal days per year
• Company health dental and vision insurance plans FSA
• Voluntary STD and LTD
• Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time