Hybrid Backend Developer

at Absa Group

• Job title: Backend Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: C++, Linux, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Prague, South Africa

About the role

• Backend Developer with strong C++ expertise needed for Absa's low-latency trading platform. Collaborate with teams to develop high-performance trading components and optimize systems.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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
• Financial experience (nice to have)
• FIX protocol (nice to have)
• Exchange binary protocols (nice to have)
• Market data feed handlers (nice to have)
• Smart order routing (nice to have)
• Risk engines (nice to have)
• FPGA integration (nice to have)
• Experience with PostgresSQL or high-performance data stores (nice to have)
• Other languages (C#, Python) familiarity with messaging libraries (Solace) (nice to have)
• Strong communication skills. Good command of English is needed, to work effectively in a multinational company.

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities