C++ Engineer Developer

Salary: £40,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require 8+ years of experience and full proficiency in C++ 17/20.
• We expect some familiarity with Python.
• We need the ability to architect and implement code to address high-level requirements.
• We look for experience implementing high-performance algorithms and grid computations.
• We require a masters or PhD in computer science, applied mathematics, financial engineering, or an equivalent field from a top university.
• We value a strong sense of ownership and the ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• We want someone with interest in business and in how end users will use the product.
• We require excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• We require full proficiency communicating in English in a business context, both verbal and written.
• Substantial prior experience with implementing or working on a Risk & PnL engine is highly desirable.
• Interest in financial and commodities markets is desirable.
• SysAdmin experience, such as cloud infrastructure, Redis, Kafka, CMake, and network socket technologies, is desirable.
• Experience architecting and delivering complex systems against ambiguous high-level requirements is desirable.
• Experience building high-performance algorithms and grid/compute-heavy code is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• We develop core components for a new Risk & PnL engine.
• We implement clean, well-documented, tested, and extensible code.
• We take ownership of the performance and reliable operation of core components of the new Risk & PnL engine.
• We collaborate closely with the rest of the team to implement high-performance pricers for our full spectrum of physical and financial trades.
• We ensure integration with our broader infrastructure and systems.
• We develop an overall understanding of our systems architecture.
• We act as a sparring partner to the Risk Architect.

Technologies:

• Architect
• Cloud
• Kafka
• Network
• Python
• REST
• Redis
• C++
• Quant

More:

We are a top-tier energy trading business working on the next generation of our Risk & PnL engine. Our team values technical excellence, ownership, teamwork, and architectural vision, and we are looking for a senior C++/Python quantitative strategist developer to help build high-performance pricing and risk components across physical and financial trades. The role involves close collaboration with our wider team and integration into our broader systems architecture.

last updated 30 week of 2026