Job Description
C++ Software Engineer | Proprietary Trading | Amsterdam
Elevate Partners are partnered with a global leading prop trading firm currently seeking experienced C++ Software Engineers to join their high-performing technology team in Amsterdam.
Technology sits at the core of the business, with proprietary systems driving millions of trading decisions daily across global markets. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative engineering environment focused on building ultra-low latency, high-performance systems that directly impact trading performance.
The engineering team develops software operating within the latency-critical layer of the firm’s trading infrastructure. This includes market connectivity, large-scale data handling, trading algorithms, execution systems, and advanced hardware integrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-performance C++ applications within a low-latency trading environment
- Build scalable and reliable software solutions for trading, execution, and hardware development teams
- Work closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers on end-to-end product development
- Gather business requirements and collaborate with key internal stakeholders to deliver innovative technical solutions
- Contribute to greenfield projects while taking ownership across the full software development lifecycle
- Balance performance, latency, scalability, maintainability, and reliability across complex distributed systems
- Operate within an agile engineering environment with advanced automated testing and continuous deployment practices
Requirements
- 5+ years’ professional software engineering experience post-graduation
- Strong commercial C++ development experience, ideally using modern C++ standards
- Experience working within Linux environments
- Familiarity with Python scripting
- Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes environments
This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the most technically sophisticated proprietary trading environments globally, working on mission-critical systems alongside some of the strongest engineering and trading talent in the market.