Senior C++ Developer / Krakow

Location: Kraków, Poland (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)
Experience: 8+ years
Employment Type: B2B, Full-time

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior C++ Developer with strong FX domain expertise to join our technology team in Kraków. The end client is a leading global financial services organization specializing in wealth management, investment banking, and asset management, with a strong focus on innovation, technology, and delivering secure, high-performance solutions for global markets. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in building high-performance, low-latency, real-time systems and a strong understanding of foreign exchange (FX) trading platforms, lifecycle processes, and risk management systems.

You will work on mission-critical applications, designing and developing scalable solutions that support complex financial workflows in a fast-paced trading environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ applications for FX trading and risk management platforms.

• Build and optimize low-latency, multi-threaded, real-time systems.

• Work closely with business, product, and technology teams to deliver robust trading solutions.

• Apply strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and system design principles to solve complex technical challenges.

• Develop and enhance applications supporting FX trade lifecycle processes.

• Troubleshoot production issues and provide L3 application support.

• Participate in incident management, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.

• Implement best practices around software development, testing, deployment, and CI/CD processes.

• Collaborate with global teams in an agile development environment.
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of professional software development experience with strong C++ expertise.

• Extensive experience with:

  • Modern C++ development

  • Multi-threading and concurrency

  • Low-latency application development

  • Real-time systems

  • Performance optimization and troubleshooting

• Strong domain experience in:

  • FX trading platforms

  • FX lifecycle processes

  • Risk management systems

  • Financial markets technology

• Excellent understanding of:

  • Algorithms

  • Data structures

  • Object-oriented design

  • System architecture and design patterns

• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as:

  • MS SQL Server

  • Sybase

  • Oracle

• Experience with messaging technologies:

  • IBM MQ

  • Kafka

• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices, preferably:

  • GitLab CI/CD

  • Automated build and deployment pipelines

• Exposure to Microsoft Azure cloud technologies.

• Experience supporting production applications in enterprise environments.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Fluent English communication skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working in investment banking, capital markets, or financial technology environments.

• Knowledge of trading protocols, market data systems, or electronic trading platforms.

• Experience improving application performance and reducing latency in mission-critical systems.