Goliath Partners ยท 12 hours ago
Senior C++ Engineer
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$300K/yr - $350K/yrGoliath Partners is a leading proprietary trading firm in NYC seeking a highly skilled C++ Developer to join their core engineering team. The role involves building, optimizing, and scaling low-latency systems that power trading strategies while collaborating closely with quantitative researchers and traders.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize ultra-low-latency C++ systems used for real-time market data processing and execution
Build high-performance exchange connectivity, order routing, and distributed compute components
Profile, tune, and refactor performance-critical code for microsecond-level improvements
Work closely with quants to translate research models into robust, production-ready systems
Contribute to architectural decisions around networking, concurrency, memory management, and fault tolerance
Enhance internal libraries, frameworks, and dev tooling to support a rapidly evolving trading environment
Qualification
Required
C++ (C++17/20) with deep understanding of performance, threading, and systems-level programming
Strong grasp of algorithms, data structures, CPU architecture, cache behavior, and network I/O
Experience with low-latency, high-throughput, or real-time systems (finance, gaming, telecom, HPC, etc.)
Comfort working in Linux environments and using performance tools (perf, VTune, Valgrind, flame graphs, etc.)
Ability to write production-quality code with an emphasis on reliability, testing, and maintainability
Preferred
Experience with market data feeds, exchange protocols, FIX, or any trading-adjacent systems
Benefits
Bonus
Company
Goliath Partners
Driving innovative talent solutions within trading & financial technology that delivers specialized C++ professionals.
Founded in 2023
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase