Low-Level Software Engineer
Fintal Partners · Chicago, Illinois, United States
FULL TIMEpermanent
Job Description
A leading quantitative trading firm is looking for an Embedded C++ Software Engineer to join its high-performance engineering team. This is an opportunity to work on some of the most latency-sensitive systems in electronic trading, where software performance has a direct impact on the business.
Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.
You’ll work across the trading technology stack, building and optimizing high-performance, low-latency C++ systems and solving complex systems-level performance problems. The role sits close to both the hardware and trading environments, giving engineers significant ownership over the technology they build.
What you’ll work on:Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput trading systemsOptimize C++ applications for latency, throughput, and reliabilityWork at the intersection of software and specialized hardware, including FPGA/ASIC-based systemsIdentify performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, networking, and system architectureCollaborate closely with hardware engineers, traders, and other engineering teamsOwn projects from design and development through production deployment and optimization
What they’re looking for:2+ years of professional modern C++ development experienceStrong understanding of performance-sensitive or real-time systemsExperience with Linux, multithreading, concurrency, networking, memory management, and/or CPU architectureExperience developing software that interacts closely xzbcwsv with hardware is highly desirableLow-latency trading experience is a plus, but strong engineers from other performance-critical environments are encouraged to applyBS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
This is particularly well suited to engineers who enjoy getting deep into C++ performance, systems internals, hardware interaction, and latency optimization while working in an environment where engineering is central to the business.
Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.
You’ll work across the trading technology stack, building and optimizing high-performance, low-latency C++ systems and solving complex systems-level performance problems. The role sits close to both the hardware and trading environments, giving engineers significant ownership over the technology they build.
What you’ll work on:Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput trading systemsOptimize C++ applications for latency, throughput, and reliabilityWork at the intersection of software and specialized hardware, including FPGA/ASIC-based systemsIdentify performance bottlenecks across CPU, memory, networking, and system architectureCollaborate closely with hardware engineers, traders, and other engineering teamsOwn projects from design and development through production deployment and optimization
What they’re looking for:2+ years of professional modern C++ development experienceStrong understanding of performance-sensitive or real-time systemsExperience with Linux, multithreading, concurrency, networking, memory management, and/or CPU architectureExperience developing software that interacts closely xzbcwsv with hardware is highly desirableLow-latency trading experience is a plus, but strong engineers from other performance-critical environments are encouraged to applyBS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
This is particularly well suited to engineers who enjoy getting deep into C++ performance, systems internals, hardware interaction, and latency optimization while working in an environment where engineering is central to the business.