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Location
Dubai Province, United Arab Emirates
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
£105.5k - 175.8k per year + bonus
Sector
Technology
Reference
FR-DMC-005
Posted
Posted 2 hours ago

A fast-growing crypto prop trading firm is scaling its trading platform and needs serious C++ engineering capacity to keep up.

C++ Engineer — Low-Latency Trading Infrastructure — Dubai (relocation and visa paid for)

Microseconds aren't an abstraction here. They're the job.

New market connectivity, latency reduction, core infra that doesn't blink under load — this is the hire that stops the roadmap from stalling and the current team from burning out.

What you'll be doing (first 6–12 months)

  • Designing and building new market links and connectivity tools from scratch
  • Improving and maintaining high-load, low-latency C++ systems already in production
  • Hunting latency wherever it's hiding and killing it
  • Keeping systems reliable and operationally solid as the platform scales
  • Working tightly with engineering, data, and trading teams — not in a silo

What you need

  • 3+ years (4+ preferred) software development, primarily modern C++
  • Real experience with high-load, low-latency systems — not theoretical
  • Strong grip on algorithms, data structures, design patterns — the fundamentals that actually get tested in this kind of role
  • Solid networking fundamentals — REST, WebSockets, the works

Bonus points

  • Knowledge of financial markets, HFT, or distributed systems
  • Exposure to FIX or similar protocols
  • Familiarity with AWS, Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, or Kubernetes
  • Basic Python and Kafka

Who you'll work with

  • The Python team
  • Trading Operations

Who fits

  • Proactive, detail-obsessed, doesn't wait to be told twice
  • Fast learner with proper troubleshooting instincts
  • Collaborative, takes feedback without sulking
  • Communicative and reliable — if something's on fire, you say so

Why this one's different

  • Real exposure to live HFT systems, not a sandboxed version
  • Direct influence over latency-sensitive infra that actually matters to P&L
  • Flat structure, strong engineering culture, no dead weight
  • Genuine growth path inside a world-class engineering team

 

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