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George Town, Penang, Malaysia

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Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 54, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang

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Relocation friendly

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C/C++

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BCM Industry

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27/07/2026

Req. VR-124169

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Project description

Large US hedge fund is looking for experienced C++ developers with some finance experience to help work on our global trading systems and to assist in porting them to a new distributed platform. This is a mixed code base of legacy C++98 and modern C++17/20, that is looking to move from a large monolithic system to a distributed platform.

Responsibilities
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The trading systems require very low latency and optimized C++ that is robust and well tested.

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The team runs on a weekly sprint process, with daily "stand ups" over zoom with developers from around the world.

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We are C++ fanatics, using git, Jira, Gitlab, cmake, Nix, gcc, clang, etc.

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We love people who like to be "close to metal" and understand how computers really work under the hood, such as what a cache miss is, what a TLB miss is, what the costs of branch misprediction are, how to avoid kernel context switches, etc.

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We also love people who enjoy modern financial markets, and want to make an impact on how they function, driving the world towards every increasing efficiency.

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We like studying programming languages and their evolution, knowing where C++23 and C++26 are going, and generally keeping informed about technology.

Skills

Must have

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C++98 through C++11 minimum, prefer experience with 14, 17, and 20

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Strong algorithms and software engineering skills

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Good written and spoken English

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Ability to refactor code safely and efficiently

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Strong unit testing skills

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Linux

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gdb

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Willingness to do what is needed to get the job done

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Humility, and an ability to take code review constructive criticism well

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Willingness to perform code reviews for others in a constructive manner

Nice to have

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Knowledge of various open source libraries such as Boost, gtest, Abseil, DPDK, etc

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cmake

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Trading systems experience with equities, futures, FX, or commodities

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Experience with market protocols such as FIX, ITCH, or OUCH

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SBE

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Experience processing market data

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Experience with message buses such as Kafka, Pulsar, or Aeron

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Distributed systems experience

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Heavy template meta programming, particularly in modern C++17 and beyond style

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CI/CD and Devops experience, especially with Gitlab

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Python or Java exposure

Other
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Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

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Seniority

Senior

George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Req. VR-124169

Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah 54, 10050 George Town, Pulau Pinang

C/C++

BCM Industry

27/07/2026

Req. VR-124169

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