C++ Software Engineer (Greenfield Market Data Application - HFT Firm)
Company: Talan
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-10-02
About this role
Company Description
Talan is an international group that supports its clients in their end-to-end Data & AI transformation by combining management consulting with technological expertise.
With over 6,000 employees across five continents, we accelerate our clients' transformations through long-term partnerships, creating measurable and sustainable impact.
Our value proposition is built on a structured innovation ecosystem: 2,500 Data & AI experts, proprietary solutions built on advanced models, and an applied research, experimental development, and innovation laboratory.
In Americas, our multidisciplinary teams bring over 30 years of experience helping business leaders across key industries achieve measurable performance and strong ROI, designing, building, and scaling solutions that enable companies to grow more efficiently.
Job Description
*Location: NYC (Hybrid – at least 4 days onsite/week, Monday - Thursday)*
*This is a 6 month consulting opportunity that can be extended up to 12 months*
*Visa Sponsorship: Talan does not sponsor U.S. work permits or employment visas.*
We are looking for a strong C++ Developer to build a greenfield, low-latency market data application for a high-frequency trading firm. The ideal candidate will have strong OOP fundamentals, especially in C++, and will be passionate about developing new features on Trade and Market Access Platforms.
Role and responsibilities
- Design and develop high-performance C++ systems from the ground up for a global Market Data Feed Application
- Apply strong OOP, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms to build clean and maintainable systems
- Design scalable, low-latency components for real-time market data processing
- Develop network connectivity using UDP/TCP, including multicast
- Implement and integrate financial market data protocols including ITCH, PITCH, and OUCH
- Build market data processing and order book components
- Design concurrent, thread-safe systems wit...