C++ Developer

Trexquant Investment • New York, NY

2d • $175,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Trexquant is seeking a C++ Developer to join its technology team and help build and enhance the systems powering its quantitative trading platform. The role works closely with engineering teams to design, develop, and optimize high-performance trading systems infrastructure across greenfield areas such as order management systems (OMS), market data, trading infrastructure, and data platforms. The work emphasizes execution speed, memory efficiency, reliability, and throughput, and includes collaborating with quantitative researchers on technical solutions and new infrastructure initiatives.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 1–3+ years of software engineering experience or equivalent experience through advanced academic research (MS/PhD).
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20/23) and a deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, memory management, multithreading, and concurrency.
• Demonstrated ability to write efficient, production-quality C++ code, emphasizing execution speed and memory optimization.
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems, with a solid understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with trading systems, market data, or financial technology.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ infrastructure supporting trading systems, including order management systems (OMS), market data, and data platforms.
• Build and optimize scalable distributed systems, focusing on execution speed, memory efficiency, reliability, and throughput.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and quantitative researchers to develop technical solutions, improve existing systems, and contribute to new infrastructure initiatives across the firm's trading platform.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus a bonus based on individual and company performance.
• PPO health, dental, and vision insurance premiums fully covered for the employee and dependents.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Weekly company meals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level