C++ Developer - Options Market Making

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Backed by deep expertise in trading, technology, and research, we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives. Through advanced execution and pricing technologies, we improve how financial markets operate.

Working on our trading floor, you will work alongside traders, quant researchers and other developers to help us expand system connectivity to new markets, optimise order execution algorithms, improve our trading strategies and build new automated pricing systems and infrastructure to support the expansion of our options market making business. The work you do will have a direct, regular and highly visible impact on the firm's success.

The skills you will have:

Excellent C++ (11/14/17/20/23)

Template programming

Ultra low latency design

Performance tuning and analysis

Good numerical skills

The ability to solve new and unfamiliar problems quickly and creatively

An efficient and diligent approach with a strong attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

An Interest in trading and finance

Things we would like to see but are not essential:

Knowledge of financial markets & securities (particularly futures and options)

Experience in the other programming languages: Python, C# or JavaScript

Experience with NoSQL and time-series databases

Knowledge of multiple derivative exchange platforms

Network communication protocols UDP and TCP

Network acceleration using proprietary drivers and kernel bypass

Understanding of and optimisation for modern Intel architecture

Experience using AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and workflows.

What you will be doing with us:

Full lifecycle of software development for market making, working alongside traders and developers in other teams, such as FPGA, data analytics and UI developers

Developing low latency exchange connectivity components for new markets

We pride ourselves on being able to rapidly deliver well-engineered software into production. You will be able to see the impact of your work immediately and will be in a unique position to have a direct impact on trading revenue. We make extensive use of automated testing and peer code review to ensure quality and maintainability while keeping time-to-market short.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

Competitive compensation

Group Pension plan

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days’ annual leave

Informal dress code

Private healthcare and life assurance

Monthly company events