C++ developer jobs in the United Kingdom

41 open C++ developer roles at 33 companies in the United Kingdom. 39 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 3 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 23 Oct 2026
open roles
41
companies
33
open to any nationality
95%
estimated median pay
$143k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Qube Research & Technologies3100%
Tower Research Capital2100%
DV Trading2100%
JPMorganChase2100%
Flow Traders2100%
Reactive Markets2100%
Leonardo20%
Wintermute1100%1
Decisal1100%
Maven Securities1100%
Nebius1100%
Margo1100%
Roku1100%
Roku1100%
PA Consulting1100%

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Arm Holdings

arm.com
arm.com • HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1990 • Trust B • Hiring 392, 41 new
HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1990 • Trust B • Hiring 392, 41 new
Arm Holdings is a British semiconductor and software design company headquartered in Cambridge, England. Rather than manufacturing physical chips directly, Arm designs energy-efficient central processing unit (CPU) architectures and intellectual property (IP), licensing them to major technology partners such as Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Nvidia.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 10 min ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior C++ Software Engineer – Compilers & Toolchains

≈ $84k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cambridge, United Kingdom) • Senior • English
Assembly
C++
C++
LLVM
DevOps
Jenkins
CI/CD
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Leonardo

leonardo.com
leonardo.com • HQ: Rome, Italy • C4ISR • Aircraft Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1948 • Trust B • Hiring 665, 102 new
HQ: Rome, Italy • C4ISR • Aircraft Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1948 • Trust B • Hiring 665, 102 new
Leonardo is an Italian aerospace, defence and security group headquartered in Rome that builds helicopters, aircraft, aerostructures, defence electronics, space systems and cyber security solutions. Founded in 1948 as Finmeccanica and renamed in 2017, it is listed in Milan with the Italian state as its largest shareholder, employs more than 50,000 people and has major industrial operations in Italy, the UK, Poland and the US. Its openings span cyber security engineers, systems, software and quality engineers, ground station and test engineers, project managers and customer service officers at sites such as Rome, Edinburgh, Luton, Southampton and Turin.
No named decision-maker yet.
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C++ Software Engineer

$51k – $67k per year • Hybrid (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Citizenship or vetting required
C++
DevOps
Git
Management
Agile
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C++ Principal Software Engineer - Airborne

≈ $83k – $168k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Hybrid (Southampton, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
C#
C++
DevOps
TCP/IP
Docker
Linux
CI/CD
Management
UML
SpaceTech
DO-178C
SysML
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NVIDIA

nvidia.com
nvidia.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2404, 145 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2404, 145 new
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
Jensen Huang · Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jay Puri · Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations · decision-maker
Colette Kress · Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Curtis Priem · Co-Founder & former Chief Technical Officer · founder
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Senior C++ Engineer

≈ $96k – $187k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 12+ years exp • In office (Belfast, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
DevOps
Linux
Management
Agile
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Eaton

eaton.com
eaton.com • HQ: Dublin, Ireland • Energy Management • Automotive Components • Aerospace Manufacturing • Power Supplies & Power Electronics • Electrical Equipment & Cables • 5000+ employees • Est. 1911 • Trust A • Hiring 1797, 111 new
HQ: Dublin, Ireland • Energy Management • Automotive Components • Aerospace Manufacturing • Power Supplies & Power Electronics • Electrical Equipment & Cables • 5000+ employees • Est. 1911 • Trust A • Hiring 1797, 111 new
Eaton is a power management company founded in 1911 as a truck axle maker and now incorporated in Dublin with operational headquarters in Beachwood, Ohio. Its largest business by far is electrical, supplying circuit breakers, switchgear, uninterruptible power supplies and distribution equipment, a portfolio that has become unusually valuable as data centre construction and grid electrification accelerate demand for power infrastructure. The group also builds aerospace hydraulic and fuel systems, electric vehicle powertrain components and vehicle drivetrain products, and sells the Brightlayer software suite that monitors and optimises the equipment it manufactures.
Olivier Leonetti · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Craig Arnold · Executive Chairman · decision-maker
Paulo Ruiz · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joseph Eaton · Co-Founder · founder
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Principal C/C++ Software Engineer

≈ $86k – $174k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Cheltenham, United Kingdom) • Principal
Rust
C++
C++
OpenGL
DevOps
Git
Linux
CI/CD
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Sony Interactive Entertainment

sonyinteractive.com
sonyinteractive.com • HQ: San Mateo, United States • Media & Entertainment • Gaming • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust A • Hiring 170, 14 new
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Media & Entertainment • Gaming • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust A • Hiring 170, 14 new
Sony Interactive Entertainment is the video game division of the Sony group, formed in 1993 to develop the original PlayStation and now headquartered in San Mateo, California rather than Tokyo. It designs and sells the PlayStation consoles and accessories, runs the PlayStation Network and its PlayStation Plus subscription service, and owns PlayStation Studios, a group of development studios including Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Guerrilla Games, Santa Monica Studio and Bungie. The business earns most of its revenue from software and network services rather than hardware, and its first-party titles are increasingly released on personal computers after a console exclusivity window.
Hideaki Nishino · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Ken Kutaragi · Founder · founder
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C++ Video Streaming Engineer

≈ $90k – $204k per year (Estimated) • Middle • Hybrid (London, United Kingdom)
C++
DevOps
Jenkins
Git
CI/CD
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Jump Trading

jumptrading.com
jumptrading.com • HQ: Chicago, United States • Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 83
HQ: Chicago, United States • Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 83
Jump Trading is an American proprietary trading firm founded in Chicago in 1999 that trades its own capital across futures, equities, options, fixed income and cryptocurrency using automated strategies. It is unusually secretive even by the standards of its industry, publishes almost nothing, and competes on latency, research quality and infrastructure it builds itself, including its own microwave and fibre network routes. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in London, Singapore, Shanghai and elsewhere, it employs researchers, quantitative developers and low-latency engineers, and it also operates the crypto arm Jump Crypto.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 min ago Visa sponsor 24 days ago Hiring now · 86%

C++ Software Engineer | Trading Team

≈ $118k – $230k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
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Skills these roles ask for

C++ 38Linux 21Python 14Agile 7CI/CD 7Unix 5Rust 4TCP/IP 4Git 4JavaScript 3C# 3OpenGL 3SQL 2LLM 2Machine Learning 2Valgrind 2

Where the roles are

London 24Cambridge 4Manchester 2Edinburgh 2Amsterdam 1Melbourn 1Middlesbrough 1Fareham 1Southampton 1Bristol 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

39 of the 41 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most backend developers?

Qube Research & Technologies (3), Tower Research Capital (2), DV Trading (2), JPMorganChase (2), Flow Traders (2).

Which roles count as backend developer jobs?

Every role whose work is the server side of software - backend, API, platform and full stack developers, staff engineers and technical leads - at any employer. A role is filed under a language when its title names one (Java, Python, .NET, Go, Node.js, PHP, C++, Ruby, Rust); a "Software Engineer" that names none is a backend engineer's.

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Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 41 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 23 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0