C++ Engineer

Wearehaystack — United Kingdom · Posted ~6 hours ago

Senior Full-time £200K base + bonus

Skills

C++ Linux High-performance computing Software optimization Data processing Qt TypeScript React

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior engineering opportunity to build ultra-high-performance software systems handling large-scale data workloads. The role involves optimized C++ development, desktop and web applications, and collaboration with talented technical teams.

Highlights

Highly compensated engineering role involving performance-critical systems, advanced visualization, and opportunities to work across frontend and backend technologies.

Description

Salary: £200k base + bonus Summary Lively, positive spirit of a start-up, with the stability of a longer-established player, this leading quant firm is looking for an expert C++ engineer to join their core UI team. Their projects include applications for real-time trading and generation of information-rich visualizations based on archived data. Developers here are highly valued and well-rewarded for hard work, and as a result, are some of the brightest minds from across the trading, tech and start-up industries. This team serves the UI needs across the business, and this role will involve writing highly optimized code for high-performance back-ends running on Linux to process huge amounts of data. There will also be an opportunity to do full-stack work, contributing to the C++ front-end code for Qt desktop applications, as well as Typescript/React for web applications. Here, technology is viewed as key to their continued success. The successful C++ Engineer will be passionate about development, have a strong work ethic and be motivated to continually learn and improve. Requirements Minimum 4+ years' modern C++ development experience (C++ 11/14/17/20) Solid experience of Linux and low-level systems programming Knowledge of and ability to develop scalable back-end services Skilled at writing reliable code, and providing code review feedback to others Bonus points for any of: Typescript/Javascript, React, Qt, Python NB: Please do not apply if you're a fresh graduate. Benefits Competitive base salary + bonus They're willing to be flexible with WFH Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impact Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported Free breakfast, lunch and dinn