Senior Trading Systems Engineer / Team Needed to Build Custom Low Latency Trading Bot

Posted 9 hours ago

Worldwide

Summary

looking for an experienced software engineering / senior engineering team to build a custom automated trading system. This is **not** a retail trading bot or an off the shelf solution. We are looking for engineers with proven experience building institutional grade trading infrastructure, algorithmic trading systems, or low latency financial applications. ### Project Overview The trading bot will: * Receive real time market data * Execute trades based on our proprietary strategy * Automatically manage and close positions after a predefined time * Support robust logging, monitoring, and risk controls * Be designed for reliability, performance, and future scalability The trading logic itself is relatively straightforward. The primary challenge is building a reliable, production ready trading system with low latency and high uptime. ### Required Experience We are looking for candidates with experience in one or more of the following: * Algorithmic trading systems * High frequency or low latency trading infrastructure * Broker and exchange API integrations * FIX Protocol * Real time market data processing * Event driven architecture * Python, C++, Java, or Rust * Cloud deployment and production monitoring ### Nice to Have * Experience working with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or broker dealers * Market data feed integration * Order management systems (OMS) * Risk management systems * Performance optimization for low latency environments ### Nice to have #2 1. A brief overview of your experience building trading systems. 2. Relevant projects involving automated trading or low latency financial software. 3. Which broker APIs and market data providers you have integrated. 4. Your recommended technology stack. 5. Whether you are an individual engineer or an established engineering company. Thanks for reading!

  • More than 30 hrs/week
    Hourly
  • 6+ months
    Duration
  • Expert
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Complex project
    Project Type
Skills and Expertise
Mandatory skills
Python
C++
Algorithmic Trading
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About the client
Member since Jul 4, 2020
  • Denmark
    Odense C8:51 AM
  • $34K total spent
    102 hires, 28 active
  • 760 hours

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