C++ Developer, Jersey City, NJ

Kforce has a client in Jersey City, NJ that is seeking a C++ Developer. Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop distributed, event-driven trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput
• Design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust, end-to-end trading workflows
• Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices
• Support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent
• 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience
• Expertise in Java, C/C++, Python, and Linux
• Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West, Kafka)
• Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases
• Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications
• Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques
• Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management
• Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines
• Familiarity with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
• Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms