Top C++ Jobs in Chicago, IL

Join an on-site Chicago team building high-performance C++ trading systems. Design, develop, test, profile, and troubleshoot low-latency applications while collaborating with traders and senior engineers. Receive mentorship, training on markets, and exposure to production lifecycle and performance tuning.

Design, implement, and maintain C++ components for a global electronic trading platform. Collaborate on system design, perform code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system stability while participating across the software development lifecycle.

Design and develop low latency, high-performance trading systems. Optimize code and solutions for hardware efficiency, ensuring seamless application integration.

Lead modernization of a 30-year-old Store Management System by reverse engineering EZC file-based platforms, migrating data and applications to PostgreSQL, and developing enterprise C/C++ software. Responsibilities include architecture, systems integration, APIs, ETL, performance optimization, troubleshooting, documentation, and maintaining business continuity. The role also applies AI-assisted development tools for code analysis, documentation, testing, and modernization while mentoring teams and supporting legacy and modern environments.

Design, implement, operate, and optimize ultra-low-latency electronic trading systems on Linux. Responsibilities include building distributed real-time systems, analyzing packet captures and core dumps, troubleshooting performance, using profiling and benchmarking tools, and optimizing networking, concurrency, throughput, and reliability. The role spans architecture through live production debugging and involves collaboration with developers, traders, and operations teams.

Develop and maintain ultra-low-latency C++ trading software for options market making. Responsibilities include building exchange connectivity for new markets, optimizing order execution algorithms, developing automated pricing systems, tuning performance, and supporting trading infrastructure. The role involves full lifecycle software development, automated testing, peer code review, and close collaboration with traders, quantitative researchers, FPGA engineers, data analytics, and UI developers.

Design, implement, test, and deploy low-latency trading strategies in modern C++. Collaborate with traders and researchers to build high-performance software driven by large-scale data and mathematical models. Apply expertise in parallel programming, distributed systems, networking, and performance analysis while contributing to architecture, Agile development, and potentially project or team leadership.

The C++ Developer will implement, test and deploy features for a high-frequency trading system, optimize performance, and debug issues.

The Software Engineer will participate in designing and implementing software solutions, collaborating with various stakeholders, writing code, and addressing development challenges.

Build and optimize high-performance C/C++ and Rust server applications and feed handlers for market data. Implement parsers, petabyte-scale processing tools, and low-latency, high-throughput optimizations. Collaborate on build/deploy/CI, monitoring, and ensure reliable feature rollouts.

Develop high-performance, low-latency trading systems for options market making, collaborating with traders and quants to enhance performance and trading infrastructure.

The role involves developing applications using .Net and SharePoint technologies, requiring a strong background in web application development and multiple programming languages.

As a Software Engineer at Akuna, you will develop trading systems using modern C++ technologies, implement Linux services, and collaborate with traders.

Design and develop massively parallel distributed database kernels for real-time analytics at terabyte and petabyte scale. Responsibilities include low-level C++ development, MPP query execution, SIMD and hardware optimization, distributed communication using MPI and RDMA technologies, database internals, vector indexing, in-database machine learning, performance tuning, architecture reviews, mentoring, and resolving scalability issues.

Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput distributed database kernels for massively parallel analytics. Responsibilities include query execution, columnar storage, transaction management, cluster coordination, hardware-aware optimization, SIMD vectorization, RDMA networking, in-database machine learning, vector indexing, performance tuning, architecture reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and resolving scalability issues.

The C# / .NET Developer will design and maintain middleware applications, build Shopify integrations, and support a mobile app backend in a remote work environment.

Develop user interface components for ArcGIS Pro using C# and WPF, work in an agile team, and design software solutions for raster and imagery processing.

PrivateID seeks a Principal C++ Engineer with at least 10 years of experience to lead complex systems and scale their platform in a remote-first environment.

You will develop and maintain components of the LLVM based toolchain, collaborating with the community while ensuring platform-specific optimizations and tests.

Contract .NET developer/consultant role requiring 5+ years experience building web applications using C#, .NET, Entity Framework, SQL Server, LINQ, WCF, MVVM/MVC, and JavaScript frameworks (JSRender, Angular, Node, jQuery, HTML5). 6+ month contract; rate DOE.

Design, build, test, and support web and client-server applications; lead custom SharePoint intranet development; implement front-end features using C#/.NET and JavaScript frameworks; optimize performance and scalability; produce technical specifications, documentation, QA, and user training; maintain .NET certifications.

Lead design and global rollout of a high-performance core market data and execution platform. Implement and optimize low-latency market data ingestion, normalization, distribution, and execution components in modern C++. Own deployment, monitoring, profiling, and production optimization while collaborating closely with quants and technical traders to enable systematic pricing and trading strategies.

Lead development of high-performance C++ trading systems and core platform components, build and optimize exchange connectivity (market data and order flow), implement trading algorithms, improve stability and observability, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate closely with quants and traders to iterate on design and deployment.

The C++ Developer will engage in software development focusing heavily on C++ and object-oriented programming, primarily for Linux and Windows systems.

Develop and optimize ultra-low-latency, high-performance trading infrastructure in modern C++. Implement and tune order execution, market data connectivity, multi-threaded systems, and risk modules. Profile and benchmark real-time systems, collaborate with quants and traders, and maintain robust, fault-tolerant continuous trading operations.