Senior C++ Software Engineer

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team:

FIS CATR Platform is a leading global provider of financial software. We build systems for financial trading, risk management and position control.

Our systems enable banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions to make critical decisions with confidence, execute their orders and follow up their positions. Independent of what asset class being traded: whether it is stock, commodities, rates, or currencies; or whether it’s done through an exchange or over the counter, we’ve got it covered.

But that’s just parts of it. We support the whole process from sell-side to buy-side, front-to-back. We are a leading financial technology firm specializing in trading and market making solutions for various financial markets.

Our cutting-edge software and innovative technology drive efficient and sophisticated trading strategies, providing our clients with a competitive edge in the global financial landscape. Our stack is based on C++ with a fast track to a cloud-based solution forming a part of our core system.

As we continue to expand and enhance our platform, we are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our team.

What You Will Be Doing:

You will be a part of agile driven multicultural team working on a leading financial platform together with other software developers, business analysts and product owners.

As a Software Engineer you will be involved in the full development cycle, from design through to implementation, testing, production, and maintenance of an enterprise high availability, high throughput FinTech application.

We offer stable and well-organized working conditions, dynamic environment for personal and professional development and opportunities for additional professional training.

This includes:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable code
• Develop and optimize electronic trading workflows while ensuring low-latency and high-throughput performance
• Improve and maintain existing trading systems, ensuring they remain stable and well-performing
• Utilize multi-threading knowledge to design concurrent and efficient software components
• Understand event-driven architecture to handle real-time market data and trading events efficiently
• Utilize networking and various communication protocols for data exchange
• Conduct thorough testing, debugging, and code reviews to ensure software quality and reliability
• Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in trading technology to propose and implement improvements to our trading platform
• Contribute to the architectural design and technical decisions that drive the future development of the platform

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Production level experience in C++
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design principles
• Experience with multi-threading for concurrent programming
• Understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous programming 
• Understanding of networking and communication protocols for efficient data exchange
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team

Added Bonus If You Have:

• Experience with MS SQL Server or similar RDBMS
• Basic knowledge of other OO languages in one of C#, Java or similar
• Development experience with Python or other scripting languages
• Proficiency in low-latency, high-performance programming techniques
• Knowledge of financial instruments (e.g., equities, derivatives, futures, options), trading concepts and market making
• Prior experience working on market data feeds and exchange connectivity
• Experience with FIX protocol and other electronic trading protocols
• A solid understanding of Google Protobuf

What we offer you:

• A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect
• Competitive salary and attractive range of benefits designed to help support your lifestyle and wellbeing (including private healthcare, 27 days of vacation, work from home - 2 days a week, etc.)
• Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset