5+ years of full-time software engineering experience, preferably at a trading firm, tech company, or high-growth startup
Strong proficiency in both C++ and C#
Experience with Java is a plus
Experience designing APIs with a strong focus on intuitive, developer-friendly interfaces
Familiarity with open source best practices, including release management, versioning, changelogs, issue triage, and backwards compatibility
Knowledge of systems programming, algorithms, data structures, multithreading, networked I/O, serialization, CPU architecture, kernel, and compilers
Experience working with multiprocess environments
Comfortable with lldb/gdb
Good communication skills and work ethic for a remote workplace
An interest in low-level optimization and performance engineering
An interest in financial data or algorithmic trading
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