Senior C++ developer

🚀 We're Hiring | Senior C++ Developer 🚀

At Empa‑T, we believe that cutting-edge technology drives innovation in financial markets. By combining high-performance engineering, advanced software design, and ultra-low latency architectures, we help build the next generation of electronic trading solutions.

We are looking for a Senior C++ Developer to join an international team developing a state-of-the-art electronic trading platform used in global financial markets. This is an opportunity to work with modern C++ technologies, ultra-low latency systems, and highly distributed trading architectures in a fast-paced investment banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance components within a low-latency electronic trading platform
• Develop and enhance algorithmic trading models, trading frameworks, market data distribution systems, and exchange connectivity layers
• Contribute to the evolution of ultra-low latency trading architecture using cutting-edge software and hardware technologies
• Ensure software quality, performance, security, and reliability across all platform components
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including technical analysis, design, development, testing, code reviews, deployment, and support
• Collaborate closely with business, engineering, production support, and global development teams
• Support CI/CD processes, platform maintenance, and issue resolution
• Contribute to greenfield initiatives and drive innovation across the trading platform ecosystem
• Optimize application performance and system scalability in high-throughput environments
• Work within Agile teams, contributing to continuous improvement and engineering excellence

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong expertise in C++ (11/14/17/20)
• Solid understanding of STL, Boost, and modern C++ development practices
• Experience developing high-performance, real-time, or distributed systems
• Experience with electronic trading platforms, financial systems, or ultra-low latency applications is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Solid Linux experience, including development tools such as GCC, GDB, CMake
• Experience working with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience with software modernization, migration, or refactoring initiatives
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Python knowledge is a plus
• Bash scripting and Unix/Linux scripting experience is a plus
• Fluent English

Location

Lisbon or Porto – Hybrid (3x/office)

Why Empa‑T?

At Empa‑T, we value empathy, integrity, and collaboration.

You'll have the opportunity to work in one of the most technically demanding environments in the financial industry, building ultra-low latency systems that process market events in real time. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge technologies, complex engineering challenges, and international teams operating at global scale.

If you're passionate about performance optimization, modern C++, and large-scale distributed systems, this is the perfect opportunity to take your expertise to the next level.

🧡 Be part of a team where innovation, technology, and engineering excellence shape the future of electronic trading.