C++ Engineer, Digital Investing Engineering (Remote from Brazil)

Digital Investing Engineering acts as the back-bone for Questrade. We act as strategic partners with each business unit to help us leverage technology to gain competitive advantage. The team is comprised of very skilled, very committed individuals working collaboratively and our unique work environment is fast-paced and challenging, but also very open and supportive. So are we the serious, geeky-types? No way! Fun, freedom, flexibility is how QTG members describe the work culture here What’s it like working as a C Engineer at Questrade?  Work with multiple business groups to understand the requirements and translate them into technical specifications Adhere to consistent software development process and develop re-usable, efficient, scalable, maintainable, and reliable code Work with a team to define the work breakdown structures for the technical activities associated with the project  Implement and support fault-tolerant, real-time, high throughput, low latency transaction processing applications in a multi-tier environment. Architecture analysis and documentation of the software specifications for both the client-facing and internal server applications.  Design, develop and implement server applications using C programming language and proven design patterns.  So are YOU our next C Engineer ? You are if you have… Strong C experience (3-5 years) Linux  STL and Boost libraries OOA/OOD and Design Patterns Multithreading development experience Experience in using SQL Databases from C programs (e.g. Oracle/Sybase/MySQL) Working knowledge of TCP/IP and UDP protocols (sockets) High performance, low latency development (nice to have) Experience developing highly available server applications (nice to have) SVN source control experience (nice to have) Business Messaging (nice to have) Python, XML/XSL (nice to have) Software Development Lifecycle and Scrum methodology (nice to have) Solaris and Windows application development experience (nice to have) Excellent time-management and organizational abilities that facilitate structured teamwork Highly developed communication, presentation, facilitation and negotiation skills  Excellent problem solving and debugging skills Experience and/or personal interest in the financial industry  Excellent written and oral communication skills Take ownership of tasks and drives projects through to completion Able to focus while under pressure and pay close attention to detail Willingness to multi-task and be flexible to take on varied responsibilities Good judgment to proactively and independently solve problems and make decisions Competent to follow specific guidelines, criteria, protocols Develop plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work Calm and patient under pressure  Thrive in a changing, dynamic environment  Able to see the big picture while paying attention to the smallest end details   Additional kudos if you have… Working knowledge of TCP/IP and UDP protocols (sockets) Capital Markets or Digital Investing knowledge Trading systems development experience Experience of FIX protocol Experience in Redis Sounds like you? Click below to apply! #LI-DM1 #LI-Remote