CMC Markets is hiring!! We are looking for a Senior FIX Engineer to develop and enhance the technology underpinning our rapidly growing Institutional business.

As part of the Institutional Core Services team, you will work alongside experienced engineers building and maintaining mission critical FIX APIs, which provide connectivity to CMCs global multi-asset trading platform.

*** Please note that this role is onsite and would require 5 days per week in our London office near Liverpool Street. ***

What you’ll be working on:

You’ll be designing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting ultra-low latency FIX APIs
Handling distribution of real-time market data to customers
Handling order instructions across a variety of asset classes including CFD, FX, cash equity, and a wide variety of order types including algorithmic and advanced order strategies
Utilising Java with specialised low latency programming and optimisation techniques
Providing on-call technical support outside UK office hours

Who are we looking for?

Essential Skills & Experience:

Excellent knowledge of the FIX messaging protocol
Excellent knowledge of Java
Understanding of low latency programming principles, including garbage reduction, lock and wait free algorithms, cache friendly algorithms, non-blocking I/O, unshared state, processor affinity, busy waiting
Experience with Artio FIX engine
Experience with Aeron Transport, Aeron Cluster
Experience with Simple Binary Encoding (SBE)
Proven track record building robust mission critical systems with a high degree of fault tolerance
Passion for problem solving and innovation
Strong communication skills
Experience with automated unit and integration testing
Experience with CI/CD

Desirable Skills & Experience:

Microservice design and implementation
Java and Linux performance testing and optimisation
Good understanding of transport protocols TCP/IP, UDP
Exposure to electronic trading systems and trading workflows

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age

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