Senior Software Engineer

  • Platform Recruitment
  • Teversham, Cambridgeshire
  • Aug 06, 2025
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer - Up to 300,000 - Cambridge

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Proprietary HFT

Location: Cambridge

Pay: Up to 300,000 with huge potential to increase

Company:

A proprietary trading firm in Cambridge, specialising in the research and development of ultra-low-latency automated trading strategies, are looking for a Software Engineer with a demonstrable background of delivering complex projects from a concept through to delivery.

It is important that you have been involved in the entire software development life cycle (SDLC), as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production - highly complex, reliable and performant systems - oftentimes from scratch.

Role:

  • Develop ultra-low-latency exchange connectivity layers using reliable C++ code
  • Work closely with a close-knit team of Software Developers and Quant Traders
  • Build mission-critical research systems from scratch
  • This is an early-stage hire for the team. Much of your work will be completely greenfield. You will be involved in the designing, prototyping, testing and productionising new software.
  • Providing support to a small number of junior engineers
  • Whilst not a requirement, you will be given the opportunity to grow into a senior managerial role should you wish

About you:

  • Holistic approach to problem solving; you are able to see the 'bigger picture' of your work
  • Exceptional systems knowledge
  • Exceptional Linux knowledge
  • Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP)
  • Strong concurrent programming ability (C++)
  • Experienced working with distributed systems
  • (Desirable) Experience working in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure etc.,)
  • (Desirable) Experience working with containers

Full details are available. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with (email address removed). com to learn more.