C++ Developer with Capital Market exp

You will work as a Senior Engineer in Public Markets Technology, partnering with investments' traders, investment professionals and operations staff to design and implement solutions enabling trading and post trade activities. You will be responsible for hands on development and maintenance of solutions covering a number of asset classes including equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.
Through close partnership with investment professionals and operations, you will see firsthand how your software is impacting trade activities and delivering long-term value to the Fund for the benefit of 20 million contributors and beneficiaries.

Responsibilities

Work in collaboration with Investments' trading professionals, operations and technology teams to design and build solutions enabling trade activities across a number of asset classes including futures, equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.

Collaborate with team members to conceptualize, design and develop new software applications. Applications may be server-side enterprise solutions, GUI, or highly customized solutions developed for the specific needs of a business partner.

Create solutions tailored to business requirements aligned with the long-term architecture and technology strategy using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Cloud development.

Maintain and improve existing applications to support trading functions.

Effectively unit test and perform integration testing on software components.

Prepare and document design and program specifications.

Manage timelines/deliverables towards the successful delivery of projects.

Develop the right IT behaviors to enable building scalable solutions within predictable time frames.

Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.

Provide responsive business assistance while adhering to processes required for quality enterprise-level software development and support.

Skills

Must have

University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.

10+ years of overall software engineering experience, with a strong background in building and maintaining enterprise-level applications.

Must-have experience in capital markets with a sound understanding of trading workflows and trade lifecycle across asset classes including equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.

Strong working experience in C++ with the ability to independently debug complex issues with precision.

Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience applying it in a financial or capital markets context.

Strong foundational knowledge of SQL is a must-have — candidates should be comfortable with core concepts including joins, aggregations, indexing and query optimization.

Demonstrated experience designing and architecting applications at a Lead level — making sound technical decisions around system design, data flow and component interaction that reflect the complexity and scale of enterprise financial systems.

Knowledge of software development best practices and patterns including clean code principles, design patterns and event-driven architecture.

Experience in AWS Cloud is a must.

Must-have experience with DevOps practices and tooling including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code and automated deployment strategies.

Experience in FIX protocol is strongly preferred and will be a significant advantage given the nature of trading systems built within the team.

Familiarity with AI tools and large language models (LLMs) is a plus.

Passion to expand your domain knowledge both on the job and through continued education.

Commitment to CPP Investments' guiding principles of integrity, partnership and high performance.

Nice to have

Experience in Terraform.

Knowledge of Bloomberg and/or Murex trading platforms.

Knowledge of FIX protocol.

Experience in other programming languages like Java.

Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Lead