C++ Engineer (Low Latency)

🚨 Urgent Hiring: C++ Low Latency Developer (Fully Remote | Up to $400k Salary) 🚨

Full Working rights in Australia required. No overseas candidates

We are looking for a high-performance C++ engineer to design and build ultra-low latency systems processing large volumes of real-time market data. This is a fully remote opportunity with compensation up to $400,000 + super for the right candidate.

If you’ve worked with hedge funds, trading systems, or large-scale market data environments, this role will be right in your wheelhouse.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, implement, and maintain high-performance C++ services handling extremely high message rates and low-latency workloads
• Optimize systems for latency, throughput, and CPU/memory efficiency
• Develop and tune networking, messaging, and I/O layers for large real-time data flows
• Profile and debug performance bottlenecks across application, OS, and network layers
• Collaborate closely with quantitative, trading, and infrastructure teams
• Write clean, production-grade code with strong test coverage and documentation
• Contribute to code reviews, architectural discussions, and engineering best practices

✅ Required Experience

• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20+)
• Deep understanding of concurrency & synchronization (lock-free patterns, atomics, memory models)
• Proven experience building low-latency / real-time systems (trading, networking, gaming engines, telemetry, etc.)
• Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, memory management, optimization)
• Linux systems programming (sockets, epoll/select, threading, CPU affinity, memory tuning)
• Experience with performance tools (perf, valgrind, flame graphs, CPU/memory profilers)
• Git and modern build systems (CMake, Ninja)
• Strong problem-solving ability in fast-paced environments

⭐ Nice to Have

• Kernel bypass / user-space networking (DPDK, RDMA, Solarflare/OpenOnload)
• Financial markets experience (market data feeds, order routing, exchange connectivity)
• FIX, ITCH, MDP or other exchange protocols
• Multicast, PTP clock sync, low-latency networking
• Hardware-aware optimization (NUMA, cache tuning, SIMD, CPU pinning)
• Monitoring/telemetry for performance-critical systems
• Python or Bash for tooling and automation

🧠 Who You Are

• Obsessed with performance and data-driven optimization
• Comfortable owning systems end-to-end in production
• Clear communicator across technical and non-technical teams
• Self-directed and thrive in iterative, high-impact environments

💰 Compensation: Up to $400k

🌍 Location: Fully Remote

⚡ Impact: Microseconds matter. Throughput matters. Performance is everything.

Interested candidates with full Australian working rights are encouraged to apply and join a growing, forward-thinking team.Please email me your CV to c.thum@certusrecruitment.com then give Charmaine Thum a call on 0439 320 538