Senior Engineer (C++)

Senior Engineer (C++) page is loaded Senior Engineer (C++)locations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R4445The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world's leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.The Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,300 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world's most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. Role Overview We are looking for a highly skilled Senior C++ Engineer to join our Global Analytics team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain high-performance trading and analytics systems used across our business. You'll work on low-latency, mission-critical applications, applying modern C++ to solve complex engineering problems and ensure system reliability at scale.Beyond feature development, you'll play a key role in diagnosing and resolving production crashes, performing deep-dive debugging at the OS and runtime level. You'll collaborate closely with global colleagues, end users, and brokers, contributing to planning and delivery while mentoring junior engineers.This is a hands-on role for an engineer who thrives in fast-paced, high-performance environments and wants to make a tangible impact on the stability and performance of trading infrastructure. Role Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain robust, low-latency C++ applications with focus on performance, scalability, and resilience. Take ownership of complex technical problems, including crash investigation, low-level debugging, and optimisation. Perform deep crash analysis (call stacks, disassembly, memory corruption) and deliver long-term fixes. Collaborate with peers and leads in design discussions and technical decision-making. Conduct code reviews to ensure best practices and high engineering standards. Mentor junior developers and enhance team capability. Partner with QA, DevOps, product managers, and business users to deliver high-quality solutions. Drive improvements in debugging, testing, and development processes. Experience / Competencies Strong professional C++ development experience (C+/14/17). Strong background in finance, trading systems, or other low-latency, high-throughput environments. Expertise in modern C++ (memory management, concurrency, templates, STL, metaprogramming). Skilled in crash dump analysis, memory leak detection, runtime debugging (WinDbg, VTune, Visual Studio). Hands-on optimisation of multi-threaded, real-time systems. Proficient in OOP, SOLID principles, RAII, and design patterns. Strong knowledge of testing, CI/CD, and version control (TDD, Git, pipelines). Familiarity with Windows internals (Win32 APIs, MFC/ATL), networking, IPC, and relational databases. Exposure to distributed systems, microservices, and cloud platforms. Strong communication and collaboration in Agile/SCRUM environments. Nice-to-have: advanced Windows internals debugging, disassembly-level crash forensics, HFT performance tuning, distributed messaging (Kafka, Solace, ZeroMQ), containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), scripting (Python/C#), and trading domain knowledge. Job Band & Level: Manager / 6 Company Statement We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement. Location UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London Connecting clients, communities and colleagues for sustainable growth TP ICAP connects people, platforms, ideas, and insight across the world's financial, energy and commodities markets. As a global leader in market infrastructure and data-led solutions, we enhance market access, increase efficiencies, and unlock possibilities. Work with us Joining TP ICAP puts you at the heart of markets that matter.You'll have the freedom to innovate and act on your initiative. We'll train you and build your abilities in your specialist area, so that you can become an expert in your field. And all within a connected network that's there to set you up for success.TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client-focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client-facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know-how we have as a Group.Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people's know-how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow.Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth.And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It's what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future.TP ICAP. We connect.