Embedded/Low Level Software Engineer

About Us

Liquid-Markets-Solutions (LMS) conceptualizes, designs, and implements patented and proven industry-leading hardware-based ultra-low-latency and ultra-high-capacity connectivity, market access, risk mitigation, and bespoke solutions for use in financial services and other industries.

With locations in Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, and the United States, LMS is emerging as a global player operating on the cutting-edge of technology to deliver the world’s fastest and highest capacity network-edge computing solutions. We pride ourselves on operating an equal-opportunity environment that is free of discrimination and respectful of diverse heritage, beliefs, and lifestyles.

Our Technology

Curious about our technology? Take a look at some of our patents:

• Validating an Electronic Order Transmitted Over a Network…With a Hardware Device
• Distributed Network Packet Processing
• Zero-Latency Message Processing With Validity Checks
• Transaction Encoding and Verification By Way Of Data-Link Layer Fields

Team Environment

We consider ourselves technologists first and foremost and thrive on collaboration and problem-solving, whether it's tinkering with FPGA chips, network stack technology, or even changing spark plugs in a car. Our team-oriented environment encourages hands-on involvement with advanced technology.

Responsibilities

• Participate in business requirements discussions
• Propose and evaluate solutions to technological and performance requirements
• Conduct research to identify possible solutions to requirements
• Transform validated and approved solutions into high-level architecture design
• Develop and implement high-quality, scalable software applications
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement new features
• Design and implement functionality and performance benchmarking tools and plans
• Manage and maintain project components including code and design documentation, code base/version control, and project management
• Create and modify design and code implemented in a software language such as C/C++, Bash, or Python
• Conduct peer code reviews and contribute to best practices

Required Skills

• 2+ years experience in C and/or C++ programming
• In-depth understanding of current computer systems, particularly memory/cache hierarchy, the MMU, and the CPU core
• 5+ years Linux programming experience
• 5+ years working knowledge of Ethernet (including IP, TCP, UDP) networking experience

Desirable Skills

• Experience in PCI-Express device driver/Linux kernel module development
• Programming in any Assembler language
• Experience with software speed optimization using SIMD (intrinsics and/or Assembler)
• Use of Linux administration and network tools
• Programming the Linux/Unix socket API
• Experience with AMD (ex Solarflare) onload/ef_vi or similar APIs
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (Shell, Perl)
• Working knowledge of distributed version-control systems (Git preferred)

Join Us

If you're passionate about creating exceptional software and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we invite you to connect with us and explore the opportunity to contribute to our innovative team.