Old Mission, is looking for strong Software Developers with skills in C++ to join our team in our Chicago, New York, or London offices. In this role, you will be building and optimizing our current automated trading infrastructure, and you will also be tasked with working directly with our Traders and Quants to develop the next generation of the firm’s trading algorithms and strategies. Additionally, you will be responsible for creating and developing scalable multi-tiered applications. Our Software Developers work on small collaborative teams and are a key component for our success.

Responsibilities

Research, design, and develop new ultra-low latency architectures
Benchmarking and optimizing our existing automated trading infrastructure
Writing new market data and order entry handlers
Developing and maintaining a real-time position and risk management systems
Working with operating systems, system/processor performance
Working with a small collaborative team in an entrepreneurial environment

Qualifications

5+ years of experience developing applications in C++ (with at least 3 years of C++ 14) preferably with high availability systems with very tight latency constraints
Experience with C++ 14/17/20, Linux and Python and BASH scripting
BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical related field
In-depth knowledge of the Linux kernel, systems programming
A passion for solving challenging problems
Strong systems knowledge and prefer some experience in developing low latency systems
Experience with writing applications connecting to exchange API’s or using network protocols
Experience with parallel, concurrent, and multi-threaded programming
Prefer experience with low-latency computing and hardware-level design Experience with Git, SVN, Mercurial

Our Environment:

We run CentOS on our servers
We write our systems in C++14/17/20 using GCC
We use Python where it makes sense
We use Git for source control
We manage our software development process with GitHub Enterprise and Buildbot

Old Mission is not accepting unsolicited resumes from any staffing/search firms. All resumes submitted by staffing/search firms to any employee at Old Mission via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid signed search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Old Mission, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Old Mission.

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