Job Description – Senior C++ Developer – Algorithmic Trading Systems

Department: Kotak Institutional Equities Technology

Experience
7–10 years (Candidates with strong low-latency trading platform experience may be considered based on depth of expertise.)

Overview

Kotak Institutional Equities offers institutional brokerage, electronic execution, algorithmic trading, DMA, and derivatives solutions across Indian capital markets.

What You’ll Do
Build and support low-latency trading and algorithmic execution platforms as a hands-on Senior C++ Developer.

Own design, development, performance, and production quality across C++, STL, network programming, market data, exchange connectivity, low-latency design, and algo workflows.
Collaborate with quant, trading, QA, production support, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver reliable trading solutions.
1. Low-Latency Trading Platform Development
Design and enhance high-performance trading applications using C++ and STL.
Build low-latency components for order routing, execution, and market connectivity.
Improve latency,



throughput, resiliency, and system stability.
2. Algorithmic Trading & Execution Logic
Build and enhance trading algorithms for better client execution outcomes.
Work with quant, trading, and business teams on execution requirements and market behavior.
Research, prototype, back-test, validate, and productionise new trading ideas.
3. Market Data & Exchange Connectivity
Develop and support real-time market data and exchange connectivity applications.
Work with TCP/IP, UDP, sockets, multicast, feed handlers, and order gateway connectivity.
4. Software Engineering & System Design
Write clean, effective, maintainable C++ code.
Apply strong design, data structures, algorithms, and performance optimization techniques.
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical problem-solving.
Troubleshoot complex production issues involving latency, throughput, memory, concurrency, and connectivity.

📌 Senior C++ Developer – Algorithmic Trading Systems (Mumbai)
🏢 Kotak Securities
📍 Mumbai