Senior C++ Software Engineer

Senior C++ Engineer | Low-Latency Crypto Trading | Dubai 🇦🇪

Microseconds matter. Nanoseconds matter more. If you've spent the last decade shaving cycles off hot paths and you think Kafka and FIX are just Tuesday vocabulary, keep reading

.I'm working with a crypto HFT firm building out their core trading infrastructure in Dubai, and they need a Senior Software Engineer who's genuinely lived in the low-latency world, not just read about it

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What you'll actually be doin**

g:🔧 Building and maintaining market data + exchange connectivity into crypto exchang

es⚡ Developing and extending trading algorithms within the live syst

em🎯 Optimising for micros/nanos — not "make it faster," actual sub-microsecond engineering 🤝 Working cross-team to keep the whole trading stack hummi

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What you need to bri**

ng:• 8+ years in C++ (10+ total software dev experience) 3+Years for junior to mid

dle• Real scar tissue from high-load, low-latency systems, not just system design intervi

ews• You can talk DSA and design patterns without reaching for a textb

ook• Network protocols you actually understand, Websockets/FIX/Kafka is a big p

lus• Financial markets or HFT exposure; bonus points if you've built trading strategies yourself • You can debug a production fire at 3 am and explain root cause calmly the next morn

ing• Comfortable owning a technical initiative end to end, spec to deployment, no hand-hold

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Bonus (not dealbreakers, but they'll make me notice you fast**

er):🚀 Kernel bypass / DPDK experi

ence🚀 System-level / network performance tuning c

hops🚀 Future team lead potential, ideally with experience managing remote

devs

This is proper systems engineering at the edge of what's possible — Dubai-based, serious infrastructure, serious prob

lems.

If "optimise for nanoseconds" gets you more excited than it should, drop me a message or send your CV. Referrals also very welcome — I always look after people who send me good enginee

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