Role: C++ Developer
Job Description
Department: Technology
Location: Andheri, Mumbai
Qualifications: Graduate / Post Graduate
Work Experience: 6–15 years
Executive Summary
The Technical Lead – C++ Development is a highly technical, hands-on role for an exceptional systems engineer transitioning into their first formal leadership capacity.
85–90% of the time: designing, coding, and debugging microsecond-sensitive applications.
10–15% of the time: guiding junior developers and leading small-scale technical modules.
Focus on low-latency C++ programming and developing technical management capabilities.
Core Role Information
Designation: Technical Lead (Assistant Manager) – C++ Development
Department: Technology
Key Responsibilities
1. High-Performance C++ Engineering & Delivery
Develop, refactor, and maintain systems-level code using Modern C++ (C++17/20).
Work on market data normalization, pre-trade risk checks, and execution routers.
Apply low-latency techniques such as object pools, ring buffers, and placement new.
Develop ultra-fast IPC using Linux shared memory (shmget/mmap) and lock-free queues.
Implement deterministic multithreading using atomic operations and CPU thread affinity.
Use template metaprogramming / HTL concepts for zero-overhead runtime execution.
2. Data Engineering & Trading Systems Logic
Apply advanced Data Structures & Algorithms such as lock-free arrays, skip lists, and binary trees.
Optimize MySQL tables, schemas, and queries.
Work with financial exchange protocols such as FIX, ITCH, OUCH, and SBE.
Handle order lifecycles and matching-engine communication.
3. Modular Ownership & Code Mentorship
Own software modules end-to-end within agile sprint timelines.
Conduct peer code reviews and ensure low-latency and memory-safety standards.
Use profiling/benchmarking tools such as Google Benchmark, Valgrind, Linux perf, and gprof.
Job Description - AM.pdf
Job-Specific Skills
C++: Advanced C++ and STL; raw pointers, manual memory management, references, RAII.
Concurrency: Multithreaded, thread-safe pipelines; deadlocks, race conditions, and contention.
Hardware/OS: CPU cache hierarchy, memory-mapped files, branch predictors.
Data & DB: Algorithms, time/space complexity, and MySQL indexing.
HTL Frameworks: Templates/HTL for zero-cost abstractions.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, IT, or a highly quantitative science discipline.
Experience: 5–12 years of production-level C++ systems programming, with experience mentoring junior engineers or acting as a feature owner.
Domain advantage: Experience in HFT infrastructure, proprietary trading, market data handlers, or digital exchange gateways is a significant plus.
Pay: ₹1,800,000.00 - ₹2,500,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
