C++ Software Engineer

Morgan McKinley is exclusively supporting a premier inter-dealer brokerage as they expand their core Fixed Income trading platform team in the NYC area.

They are looking for a pragmatic, 100% hands-on developer to take end-to-end project ownership across market data and order routing platforms.

Core Responsibilities

• Trading Platform Development: Develop, maintain, and optimize a pure C/C++ Unix-based trading system handling order flow, trade creation, and downstream middle-office routing.
• Market Data Distribution: Build and modify market data feeds to manage the distribution of critical financial data.
• Low-Level Operations: Work heavily with inter-process communication (IPC), specifically dealing with applications connecting to shared memory segments and communicating via Unix signals.
• Production & Debugging: Investigate production issues using GDB and system core files to ensure flawless platform execution and uptime during market hours.

Key Technical & Profile Requirements

• Experience: 5 to 10+ years of hands-on software development experience with expert-level proficiency in C and C++.
• Environment: Deep understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems, standard command-line tools (vi, top), and shell operations.
• Systems Mechanics: Strong hands-on experience with IPC (shared memory segments, Unix signals) and GDB debugging tools.
• Domain & Tools (Preferred): Familiarity with basic financial concepts (bid/offer, market data across any asset class) and exposure to middleware/databases like Solace, Protobuf, RabbitMQ, Tibco, or Oracle.

Do not hesitate to apply if you think you could be a suitable fit!