About the role
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
My Career Development Portal: Wherever you are in your career, we are here for you. Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility. Job Summary We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Developer with strong C++ expertise to join our
core engineering team and help build and evolve a multi-asset, ultra-low latency trading
platform.
You will work on performance-critical systems that process real-time market data and order
flows across multiple venues and asset classes (Equities, FX, Derivatives). This is a hands-on
engineering role focused on deterministic performance, reliability, and clean architecture.
If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges with real-time performance requirements,
this role is for you.
Job Description
- Design and implement low-latency trading components in modern C++ (C++17/20+)
- Build high-performance market data handlers and order gateways (FIX / binary protocols)
- Optimize latency, throughput, and memory footprint under heavy load
- Develop real-time risk checks and pre-trade validation modules
- Contribute to order management, smart order routing, and execution logic
- Improve resiliency, failover, and high-availability architecture
- Participate in performance profiling, benchmarking, and system tuning
- Collaborate with quant, infrastructure, and DevOps teams
Who you Are
- Passionate about performance and clean code
- Comfortable working close to hardware and OS internals
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Able to balance correctness, latency, and maintainability
- Motivated by solving complex distributed systems problems
What we expect
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Strong expertise in modern C++ (C++17/20 or later)
-
Deep understanding of:
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Multithreading and concurrency
-
Lock-free / wait-free programming
-
Memory management and cache optimization
-
Network programming (TCP/UDP, multicast)
-
Knowledge of Linux internals
-
Strong debugging skills and attention to performance details
Nice To Have
-
Financial experience
-
FIX protocol
-
Exchange binary protocols
-
Market data feed handlers
-
Smart order routing
-
Risk engines
-
FPGA integration
-
Experience with PostgresSQL or high-performance data stores
-
Other languages (C#, Python), familiarity with messaging libraries (Solace)
-
Strong communication skills. Good command of English is needed, to work effectively in a multinational company.
Education Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
About Absa Group
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
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About the role
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
My Career Development Portal: Wherever you are in your career, we are here for you. Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility. Job Summary We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Developer with strong C++ expertise to join our
core engineering team and help build and evolve a multi-asset, ultra-low latency trading
platform.
You will work on performance-critical systems that process real-time market data and order
flows across multiple venues and asset classes (Equities, FX, Derivatives). This is a hands-on
engineering role focused on deterministic performance, reliability, and clean architecture.
If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges with real-time performance requirements,
this role is for you.
Job Description
- Design and implement low-latency trading components in modern C++ (C++17/20+)
- Build high-performance market data handlers and order gateways (FIX / binary protocols)
- Optimize latency, throughput, and memory footprint under heavy load
- Develop real-time risk checks and pre-trade validation modules
- Contribute to order management, smart order routing, and execution logic
- Improve resiliency, failover, and high-availability architecture
- Participate in performance profiling, benchmarking, and system tuning
- Collaborate with quant, infrastructure, and DevOps teams
Who you Are
- Passionate about performance and clean code
- Comfortable working close to hardware and OS internals
- Analytical and detail-oriented
- Able to balance correctness, latency, and maintainability
- Motivated by solving complex distributed systems problems
What we expect
-
Strong expertise in modern C++ (C++17/20 or later)
-
Deep understanding of:
-
Multithreading and concurrency
-
Lock-free / wait-free programming
-
Memory management and cache optimization
-
Network programming (TCP/UDP, multicast)
-
Knowledge of Linux internals
-
Strong debugging skills and attention to performance details
Nice To Have
-
Financial experience
-
FIX protocol
-
Exchange binary protocols
-
Market data feed handlers
-
Smart order routing
-
Risk engines
-
FPGA integration
-
Experience with PostgresSQL or high-performance data stores
-
Other languages (C#, Python), familiarity with messaging libraries (Solace)
-
Strong communication skills. Good command of English is needed, to work effectively in a multinational company.
Education Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
About Absa Group
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.