Senior C++ Software Engineer (low latency trading)

Project description

The project focuses on global client connectivity trading systems, including A4, A4FIX, FIXAJ, and BlueDirect. The team is undertaking a multi-year initiative to modernize existing connectivity platforms, enhance system performance, introduce new functionality, and address evolving market regulatory requirements. The project operates in a global environment, bringing together technical and business stakeholders to solve complex challenges and make architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance global client connectivity trading systems.

• Contribute to architectural decisions and solutions for complex technical challenges.

• Develop functionality to support client requirements and market regulatory changes.

• Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Support the modernization of existing connectivity platforms.

• Help evolve the delivery ecosystem toward a DevOps approach, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

• Collaborate closely with analysts, developers, and business stakeholders across global teams.

• Participate in configuration management, releases, and post-implementation support.

Skills

• Must have

• 5–7 years of hands-on C++ development experience, including multithreading, data structures, STL, casting, templates, pointers, socket programming, and algorithms.

• Strong programming experience in Linux/Unix environments.

• Proven development experience within the financial services/trading domain, including order management systems, the FIX protocol, and order-state handling.

• Experience designing and developing high-performance, highly available, high-throughput, low-latency, high-capacity, transaction-oriented distributed systems.

• Strong understanding of equity trading environments, ideally within a multi-regional or global setting.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex functional and non-functional concepts clearly to both IT and business stakeholders.

• Nice to have

• Previous experience developing or supporting client connectivity systems, preferably within a trading environment.

• Experience with Java, particularly Core Java, Collections, and Reflection.

• Experience providing Level 3 (L3) development support in demanding, production-critical environments.

• Other

• Languages

• English: B2 Upper Intermediate

• Seniority

• Senior

• Luxoft Benefits*

• ●Relocation options **

• ●Experience in an international environment

• ●Cross-cultural experience

• ●Feedback culture

• ●Regular appraisals

• ●Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days. The duration of the leave depends on the overall seniority

• ●Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days/ depending on the circumstances

• ●Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year

• ●Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year

• ●Maternity Leave - 20 weeks

• ●Parental Leave - 41 weeks

• ●Paternity Leave - 14 days

• ●Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics

• ●Internal instructor-led soft skills courses

• ●Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills

• ●Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business

• ●Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy

• ●Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship

• ●Leadership Programs for Managers

• ●Multisport card

• ●Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members

• ●LuxSoft Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.

• ●One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners

• ●Preferential banking offer

• ●Preferential car leasing offer

• ●Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers

• ●Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support

• ●Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists

• ●Full dental support

• ●Travel Insurance

• ●Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate

• ●Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer

• ●Reimbursement for corrective glasses

• ●Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city

• ●Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events

• ●A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team

• ●Rotation between projects and accounts

• ●New career opportunities

• *The acquisition of rights to the above benefits depends on the form of cooperation. Benefits apply to those employed under a contract of employment.

• Please note that relocation is not available for all open positions. At Luxoft Poland it is possible to work remotely only from the territory of Poland.

• *Options offered by the Polish government.

• Wroclaw, Poland

• Req. VR-125640

• C/C++

• BCM Industry

• 20/10/2026

• Req. VR-125640