hermeneutic research
Senior C++ Engineer - Asian Timezones
RemoteTaiwan only· UTC+8…UTC+8
- Role
- Backend
- Experience
- Senior
- Employment
- Full-time
Salary not disclosed
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No BS summary
Senior C++ Engineer needed for a proprietary trading firm. Must have 7+ years of C++ system-level development experience, with a focus on low-latency, high-throughput, and highly available systems. Experience with threading models, memory layout, and debugging tools is essential. Prior trading systems experience is highly preferred.
Core skills
C++low-latency systemsreal-time trading infrastructure
Required skills
high-throughput systemshighly available systemsthreading modelsmemory layoutlock-free data structuresCPU/cache behaviorsystem-level debuggingprofiling toolsperfgdbvalgrindsanitizersnetworking protocolsTCPUDPWebSocketsevent-driven architecturesasynchronous processingmessage queuesZeroMQKafka
Optional skills
PythonRustcryptohigh-frequency tradingreal-time market data systemsgRPCRESTful APIsPostgreSQL
What you'll do
- Collaborate with traders and project managers to gain a deep understanding of mission-critical trading applications.
- Develop and maintain high-performance C++ components for real-time data processing, event handling, and command execution.
- Contribute to system design decisions around memory management, concurrency models, error recovery, and inter-process communication.
- Work with backend and frontend engineers to design efficient APIs and system boundaries across services.
- Conduct in-depth code reviews with a focus on performance, correctness, and maintainability.
- Identify performance bottlenecks and lead efforts in profiling and optimization.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on design patterns, performance, and C++ best practices.
- Contribute directly to feature implementation, maintenance, and system improvements.
- Stay informed on industry trends and advancements in trading infrastructure and real-time systems.
- Foster a culture of technical ownership and transparency.
What they require
- 7+ years of experience in C++ system-level development (ideally C++17 or newer)
- Proven experience designing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly available systems
- Deep understanding of threading models, memory layout, lock-free data structures, and CPU/cache behavior
- Proficiency with system-level debugging and profiling tools (e.g., perf, gdb, valgrind, sanitizers)
- Experience writing technical design documents and leading system-level architectural discussions
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across backend and frontend teams
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading large-scale system design
- Experience in networking protocols (TCP, UDP, WebSockets) support
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and message queues/brokers (ex. ZeroMQ and/or Kafka)
- Background in crypto , high-frequency trading , or real-time market data systems .
- Experience designing and consuming gRPC or RESTful APIs
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB)
- Familiarity with crypto exchange market data and order routing protocols
- Contributions to open-source projects or a strong technical blog/portfolio
- Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus , Grafana , OpenTelemetry ).
hermeneutic research is a best-in-class proprietary trading firm and hedge fund. It deploys research-driven discretionary and systematic strategies as well as makes strategic long-term investments.
FinanceMid-size
Salary not disclosed