Senior Low Latency C++ Developer

Balyasny Asset Management

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On-site
Location
Chicago, ILLondon, United KingdomNew York, NY
Salary
$200,000–$300,000 / yr
Posted
124 days ago
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About Balyasny Asset Management

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global multi-manager hedge fund offering diversified investment strategies across equities, macro, commodities, and systematic trading.

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TL;DR · Senior Low Latency C++ Developer

The Senior Low Latency C++ Developer joins the Systematic technology team to architect, develop, and optimize high availability research and trading infrastructure. The role involves building low latency trading components, integrating global exchange connectivity, and maintaining order management systems featuring order routing and real-time state management. Daily tasks include profiling and benchmarking systems for ultra-low latency, ensuring high availability, and participating in on-call support. Candidates must possess expert proficiency in modern C++ standards like C++20/23, along with experience in Python or Rust. Required technical skills include knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, TCP/UDP, multicast, and Linux systems programming. The work focuses on solving technical challenges within systematic trading environments, specifically addressing performance tuning, fault-tolerant system design, and hardware acceleration concepts like kernel bypass and RDMA.

What you'll do

  • Architect, develop, and optimize low latency trading components and infrastructure.
  • Integrate and maintain connectivity to global exchanges and liquidity venues.
  • Develop and maintain order management systems including order routing and risk checks.
  • Profile, benchmark, and tune systems for ultra-low latency and high throughput.
  • Ensure high availability and resiliency of trading systems through on-call support.
  • Evaluate and incorporate new technologies and best practices for greenfield builds.

What we're looking for

  • Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++20/23) is required.
  • Strong experience with Python and/or other modern languages like Rust is required.
  • Demonstrated experience building and optimizing low latency, high throughput systems in a production trading environment is required.
  • Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and software design is required.
  • Strong grasp of networking (TCP/UDP, multicast), Linux systems programming, and performance profiling tools is required.
  • Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, and best practices for building robust, fault-tolerant systems is required.
  • Experience with systematic or algorithmic trading systems in a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or investment bank (preferred).
  • Familiarity with hardware acceleration concepts (FPGA, kernel bypass, RDMA) and ultra-low latency networking stacks (preferred).

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