C++ Lead Engineer, VP

Role Description

Our FX Technology team are working with cutting-edge technology to support a top 3 leadership position of Deutsche Bank in Foreign Exchange space.

Youll be working with the technology supporting ultra-low latency (ULL) Foreign Exchange trading that involve specialized software and hardware techniques to achieve required system latency and throughput levels.

ULL FX trading is an area of growth with a fully packed product development roadmap and non-functional efficiency challenges abound.

Our team uses modern C and C++ standards supported by latest versions of GCC and Clang compilers as well as Python based automated testing tools.

Our team of experts will be there to coach and support your development to ensure you excel in this role. Enhance your career prospects through exposure to these advanced technologies and tools.

Your key responsibilities

• Undertaking development across functional and non-functional project goals
• Investing in automated testing coverage and test-driven development
• Performance research and ability to apply out of the box thinking to solve performance or bandwidth bottlenecks
• Close collaboration with eFX Quantitative research and trading teams on a wide range of topics including platform goals, design, feedback on enhancements and usability
• Clear and concise documentation covering the solution design, architecture choices and any complicated code points

Your skills and experience

• In-depth knowledge of C and C++ programming languages with the focus on a performant code design
• Strong Unix / Linux skills
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Python)
• Proficiency in multi-threaded programming, debugging skills and design patterns
• Experience developing client-server, distributed, real-time, performance-critical, highly available, or large-scale systems
• A track record of delivering complex technical solutions to production use
• Experience coding for a latency sensitive trading environment a strong plus
• Educated to Bachelors degree level or equivalent qualification/work experience
• Knowledge of modern SDLC toolset and workflows.