Senior C++ Developer

About the Role

The Financial Markets eTrading system developments team is a specialist team hired to design, develop, and enhance proprietary systems that will differentiate the bank in its core markets. eTrading systems are aimed at numerous customer markets including: external customers via the internet, sophisticated customers via API/point-to-point connectivity, internal users trading on behalf of customers around the globe, and connectivity into multi-dealer platforms. This role is an opportunity to be part of a large multi-asset eTrading system development team distributed between Bangalore, Singapore, Shanghai, and London.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for end-to-end delivery across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of features or applications.
• Create robust code using best practices.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Integrate systems.
• Perform quality assurance.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and align with security standards.
• Ensure developed code has significant coverage by automated tests.
• Adhere to SCB development practices.
• Manage application support handover to global teams.
• Maintain and enhance the code base after project go-live.
• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and technical obstacles.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
• Provide technical support and resolve critical production issues.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Multithreading
• C++
• STL
• Boost
• Python
• Database
• Development on Linux using gcc, gdb, git, and associated debugging tools.
• Knowledge of all aspects of software design, development, and deployment.
• Working knowledge of messaging and communication protocols including TCP, UDP, multicast, and data encoding.
• Working understanding of SQL and simple DDL operations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with business representatives.

Qualifications

• C++14/17 skills are highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the STL is highly desirable.
• Experience of the Boost libraries is highly desirable.
• Experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable: system, network, or low latency programming.
• Entry-level Python programming skill is good to have.
• Working knowledge of the design of scalable, high availability, supportable distributed architectures.
• Working knowledge of FX products, pricing, and real-time risk management is desirable.