C++ Developer (Infrastructure Team)

We have an opportunity for a motivated developer to join our Infrastructure team and contribute to the build-out of our proprietary options market-making trading platform. Your role will focus on creating and maintaining the C++ services that form the backbone of our trading system. The successful candidate will be given a unique level of exposure to an industry-leading team of options traders who participate fully in design and on-going enhancements.

What you’ll do as a C++ Developer at Akuna:

• Implement high quality services
• Engage traders and developers and articulate ideas clearly
• Participate in design sessions and code reviews
• Work on cross-functional teams
• Be mentored by Senior Developers to learn the trading system and domain
• Solve complex problems and troubleshoot issues

Qualities that make great candidates:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or equivalent
• 2-5 years of experience developing performant, scalable applications in C++ (and at least 2 years with C++11)
• Experience with concurrent programming (e.g. multi-threaded, reactor, etc.)
• Experience with multi-core programming paradigms
• Understanding of distributed systems, data structures and algorithms
• Understands concepts of networking (i.e. TCP, UDP, multicast)
• Capable of writing unit tests and functional tests
• Ability to break down large problems methodically
• Experience with Linux and Python

Location: Champaign, IL

Department: Development

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