C++ Developers With High-frequency Trading Experience | Chicago Usa

Company: AAA Global

Location: Chicago, IL

Posted on: October 28

Location: Chicago, USA

Domain Focus: Derivatives (Options & Futures), Ultra-Low Latency Trading

Experience: 4+ years in C++ development in a low-latency/HFT.

International Talent: Yes, international applicants are encouraged.

Are you prepared to engineer the next generation of ultra-low latency systems that define the future of derivatives trading?

Were exploring opportunities for talented professionals to join the dynamic HFT community in Chicago. This is your opportunity to become an architect of market-dominant, performance-critical trading infrastructure, where the stakes are precision and the reward is market supremacy.

The Profile Your Expertise

Highly-experienced low-latency C++ developers who have architected, optimised, and deployed critical trading systems for derivatives markets.

Career Path, Projects And Performance:

• Quantifiable history of reducing end-to-end system latency using kernel-level tuning and hardware-aware coding.
• Deep commercial experience building and maintaining performance-critical applications within the options and futures trading landscape.
• Successfully delivered projects that improved market data distribution and order submission throughput.
• Proven ability to rapidly debug and resolve complex network and system problems that affect trading operations.

Professional And Technical Prowess:

• Expertise in network programming (TCP/IP, UDP) and derivatives exchange protocols.
• Deep knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, and synchronization primitives in Linux.
• Hands-on experience with lock-free data structures, memory management, and compiler optimisations.
• Strong ability to translate quantitative requirements into efficient, robust, and maintainable C++ solutions.

Qualifications, Licenses And Academic Achievements:

• Advanced academic credentials, ideally an M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computer architecture for performance-critical systems.
• Relevant professional qualifications, open-source contributions, or published low-latency research.
• Exceptional mathematical and analytical reasoning capabilities for complex derivatives HFT problems.

Who You Are And What We Need

• Leaders who operate with a competitive intensity and curiosity, driven to achieve market-defining speed and precision.
• Professionals capable of forging highly collaborative, transparent relationships with researchers and infrastructure teams.
• Individuals with a relentless focus on ownership and accountability, who thrive in a high-stakes, meritocratic culture.
• Experts who proactively seek out new technologies and rapidly adapt system design to evolving market structure.

If you're ready to lead with conviction and build something enduring, we want to hear from you.

Apply Above Or Connect Directly:

[email protected] | www.aaaglobal.co.uk

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