Senior C++ Developer

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Senior C++ Developer

C++ Investments

C$160,000–C$210,000 / Year

Location

Toronto, ON, Canada

Experience

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Posted

Jul 7, 2026

Apply by

August 6, 2026

Applicants

2

Early applicantEasy applyFull-timeHybridsoftware-engineering

Job Description

CPP Investments is seeking an experienced C++ Developer with deep capital markets expertise to join its Toronto team. This is a lead-level engineering role responsible for architecting and maintaining enterprise-grade trading and financial systems that support trading workflows across equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX. The role requires onsite presence in the Toronto office 4 days per week, and the interview process includes a mandatory onsite interview.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and architect enterprise-level applications at a Lead level, making sound technical decisions around system design, data flow and component interaction
  • Independently debug complex issues in C++ codebases with precision
  • Apply Python in a financial/capital markets context for tooling and analysis
  • Work with SQL for core data operations including joins, aggregations, indexing and query optimization
  • Apply clean code principles, design patterns and event-driven architecture in system design
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and infrastructure as code
  • Support trading workflows and trade lifecycle management across multiple asset classes

Requirements

  • University degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred
  • 10+ years of overall software engineering experience with enterprise-level applications
  • Must-have experience in capital markets with sound understanding of trading workflows and trade lifecycle across equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX
  • Strong working experience in C++ with ability to independently debug complex issues
  • Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience in a financial/capital markets context
  • Strong foundational knowledge of SQL, including joins, aggregations, indexing and query optimization
  • Demonstrated experience designing and architecting applications at a Lead level
  • Knowledge of software development best practices: clean code, design patterns, event-driven architecture
  • Must-have experience in AWS Cloud
  • Must-have experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, automated deployment
  • FIX protocol experience strongly preferred
  • Familiarity with AI tools and LLMs is a plus
  • Nice to have: Terraform experience
  • Nice to have: Knowledge of Bloomberg and/or Murex trading platforms
  • Nice to have: Experience in other programming languages like Java

Skills Required

FIX ProtocolTrading SystemsAWSPythonSQLDockerEvent-Driven ArchitectureDesign PatternsKubernetesC++CI/CDCapital Markets

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