Flow Traders · 6 hours ago
Software Engineer, C++
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$185K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expFlow Traders US is seeking talented C++ Engineers to join their growing team in Chicago. As a C++ Engineer, you will build systems used to analyze and trade tens of thousands of products across hundreds of global trading venues every day, collaborating closely with technologists, quantitative researchers, and traders to optimize trading technology for market-leading performance and reliability.
Financial ServicesSoftwareStock ExchangesTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Design and deliver trading systems that process billions of market data updates, orders and trading decisions across thousands of products on hundred of global trading venues every day
Measure and optimize performance to achieve best-in-class reliability, latency and thoughput
Collaborate directly with global colleagues across Technology, Trading and Quantitative Reearch to shape the direction of our proprietary trading infrastructure
Iterate fast and often, pushing changes to production, collecting feedback and using it to refine your approach
Qualification
Required
BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent
5+ years post-graduation professional C++ software development experience (proprietary trading industry preferred)
Ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable code
Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures
Experience in parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming
Interest in achieving maximum performance from available hardware and software
Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical business colleagues
Ability to travel to Flow Traders' offices around the world
Preferred
Proprietary trading industry experience
Benefits
Annual discretionary variable remuneration
Company
Flow Traders
Flow Traders is a technology-driven liquidity provider and market maker.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$275MKey Investors
Summit Partners
2025-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $275M
2015-07-10IPO
2008-06-05Private Equity
Leadership Team
Owain Lloyd
Chief Technology Officer, Executive Director and member of the Management Board
Hermien Smeets-Flier
CFRO
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