Software Engineer C++ - Digital Assets Connectivity

Flow Traders is looking for a Software Engineer C++ to join our growing Digital Assets Technology team in Amsterdam. The ideal candidate is driven, innovative and passionate about decentralized finance. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading digital assets market maker with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business.

At Flow Traders you will work on developing low-latency systems that are used to trade cryptocurrencies at many venues around the world. We are looking for motivated software engineers that can take ownership of the full software development life cycle. You will work closely with product owners and traders to gather, discuss and clarify requirements and take responsibility for testing and ensuring quality of your implementations; and deploy production and work together with operations engineers and traders to perform post-deployment support and validation.

Some of the technologies we use in the development process

We do not expect previous experience with all the items listed below.

• C++ (Standard in use: C++20)
• Rust, Python and Typescript
• Version control: Git
• Testing frameworks: Google Test, Pytest, and Nosetest
• Version control/code review system: Bitbucket
• Testing frameworks: Google Test
• Operating system: Debian Linux
• Continuous integration system: Bamboo
• Deployment automation: Ansible
• Containerization: Docker

What You Will Do

Main technical activities include:

• Exchange Connectivity: Your primarily responsibility will be writing software that communicates with crypto exchanges through their APIs, receiving market data and sending orders over the network in different protocols, such as Websocket or HTTP requests. You will implement this using the provided exchange SDKs in different languages such as Rust, Python, Typescript
• DevOps: Your development process will be a fast-paced iterative process where you deploy your deliverables and validate them yourself

What You Need to Succeed

• 3+ years of experience with C++
• Experience with Rust is highly preferred 
• Experience interacting with blockchains
• Experience using exchange SDKs to interact with crypto exchanges
• Good knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Ability to rapid prototype
• Understanding of full software development life cycle
• Ability to write clean and simple code
• Experience with unit testing 
• Experience with some Linux distribution
• Good interpersonal and team playing skills
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders of different background 

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Flow Traders, and no placement fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.