Wipro’s dynamic approach to people, process, and technology has led them to be an industry leader for decades. Additionally, since 2006, Wipro has helped companies power their business with the cloud. We provide professional services that help enterprises move faster, rethink processes and change the way their employees work.
We are looking for a Senior C++ Engineer to work in London on a contract basis.
As a Senior C++ Engineer, you will be a member of a small, high-performing team responsible for a global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. Working closely with technologists, quants and traders, you will develop our in-house trading technology and optimise it to achieve market-leading performance and reliability.
Our proprietary trading platform includes everything from venue connectivity (feed handlers and ordering gateways) to trading engines to shared platforms that enable us to work quickly and efficiently – we are proud of our open and collaborative culture, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to find what fits you best.
Key Responsibilities
- Write software that communicates with exchanges through their APIs, receiving market data and sending orders over the network in different protocols, such as FIX, Websocket or HTTP requests.
- Ensure quality of software based on a set of testing suites, which you are expected to use, maintain and extend.
- Optimize exchange communication through kernel bypass, optimising TLS or the connection handling to an exchange.
- Research exchange behavior in detail to align our behavior to that of an exchange.
- Implement these solutions using the provided exchange SDKs in different languages such as C++, Rust, Python, Typescript.
- Implement trading algorithms based on requirements provided by traders and quants.
- Acquire and develop the necessary trading knowledge to successfully translate the requirements into actual software implementation.
- Continuously improve the stability, reliability, and performance of the trading engine.
- Enhance monitoring and observability in collaboration with the Trading Operations team.
- Investigate and resolve production issues such as crashes, unexpected business logic behaviour, and performance bottlenecks.
- Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions.
Required Experience & Skills
- Extensive amount of post-graduation professional C++ software development experience within the financial industry.
- Solid understanding of parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming to build distributed systems.
- Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions.
- Understanding of trading lifecycle, including order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance requirements.
- Must have strong technical skills in scripting, Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL or other programming languages.
- Solid track record in application deployment best practices.
- Proactive system monitoring and troubleshooting, owning reliability improvements and ensuring their successful delivery.
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication skills to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders.
- Thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers and other engineering teams.
- Proactive, self‑motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude.
Inclusion
We don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.
If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our talent acquisition team who will be happy to support you.
You will receive a competitive salary, a generous benefits package and training & development in a great environment to help you improve.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and make all employment and employment‑related decisions without regard to a person’s race, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Why wait?
Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.
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