Alpha Alternatives
Alpha Alternatives is a multi-asset alternatives asset management platform with deep focus on alpha generation, spanning Equities, Commodities, Absolute Returns, Structured Credit, Fixed Income, Quant, and Infrastructure.
With over ?22,000 crores in AUM and a global team of 200+ experts, our approach is performance-driven, innovative, and collaborative.
Role : Senior Software Developer (C++ / C#).
Role Overview :
As a Senior Software Developer, youll be a core technical member within Alphas algorithmic team.
You will design, develop, and optimize our low-latency trading products across asset classes, ensuring robust and scalable system :
- Architect, build, and maintain low-latency trading and data-processing systems using C++ or C#.
- Optimize performance-critical system components, focusing on speed, scalability, and reliability.
- Develop and consume REST APIs for trading, market data, and internal services.
- Design and implement solutions integrating with SQL databases (MySQL, MS-SQL), ensuring data integrity and query performance.
- Develop modules leveraging sockets programming, multi-threaded design patterns, and asynchronous workflows.
- Collaborate closely with algorithmic researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into robust technology solutions.
- Support real-time production systems, including rapid problem diagnosis, root cause analysis, and rollout of fixes.
- Contribute to the continual improvement of our codebase, development processes, and deployment pipelines.
Required Skillset :
Minimum 5 years professional experience programming in C++ or C#, with substantial contributions to performance-critical systems.Deep experience working with MySQL, MS SQL (normalized schema design, stored procedures, performance tuning).Strong background in REST API development, client-server communication, and networking (sockets).Advanced understanding of multithreading, concurrency, synchronization, and resource management.Proven ability to design, review, and maintain high-quality, production-grade systems.Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills; attention to detail in fast-paced environments.Nice to Have :
Experience building ultra-low-latency trading infrastructure (exchange or brokerage connectivity, FIX / FAST / protocols).Familiarity with high-availability architectures, message queues, caching, and distributed systems.Experience in capital markets, trading, or fintech environments.Exposure to DevOps and CI / CD best practices.Prior experience integrating with OMS / EMS or broker APIs.If youre a sharp technologist passionate about building world-class trading systems, we encourage you to apply and help shape the future of Alphas technology platform.
Compensation :
Salary will be discussed individually with selected candidates, and the compensation will have a significant element of performance-linked bonuses.
In the long run, if you do well, you can expect to create disproportionately higher value for yourself.
Location : Dadar, Mumbai.
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