Software Engineer Job at Thurn Partners in New York

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Overview

C++ Engineer - Low Level Trading Systems

Company Insight: A leading global proprietary trading firm is looking for experienced Software Engineers to help shape the future of its growing US cash equities business. You'll work on high-impact projects at the intersection of software and finance, building cutting-edge systems that power some of the most advanced trading strategies in the industry. This is an opportunity to contribute directly to the technical vision and execution of complex, ultra-low-latency trading infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-performance infrastructure for low-latency equities trading, including OMS and EMS components.
• Develop core systems that ingest and respond to market data from major US exchanges in microseconds or less.
• Contribute to pricing models and research tools that support market-making and proprietary strategies in US single stocks and ETFs.
• Optimize data pipelines and execution logic to improve trading speed and reduce latency across the stack.
• Collaborate with FPGA engineers to integrate hardware acceleration into a modern software-driven architecture.
• Work closely with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to improve decision-making tools and execution models.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in C++ or C; experience with additional object-oriented languages is a plus.
• Proven experience building real-time, low-latency systems at scale.
• Strong computer science fundamentals and an instinct for performance optimization.
• A background working with FPGA-assisted systems is a strong plus.
• Interest in high-performance systems and the ambition to push the limits of what’s possible in electronic trading.