{"id":15,"date":"2026-08-09T04:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/computing-in-cpp\/?p=15"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:05:13","slug":"bjarne-stroustrup-joins-susquehanna-c-is-still-at-the-heart-of-high-frequency-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/computing-in-cpp\/2026\/08\/09\/bjarne-stroustrup-joins-susquehanna-c-is-still-at-the-heart-of-high-frequency-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Bjarne Stroustrup Joins Susquehanna: C++ Is Still at the Heart of High-Frequency Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/computing-in-cpp\/files\/2026\/02\/stroustrup-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bjarne Stroustrup\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bjarne Stroustrup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>eFinancialCareers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efinancialcareers.co.uk\/news\/a-high-frequency-trading-firm-just-hired-bjarne-stroustrup-creator-of-c\">has reported<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroustrup.com\/\">Bjarne Stroustrup<\/a>, the creator of C++, has joined quantitative trading firm <a href=\"https:\/\/sig.com\/\"><strong>Susquehanna International Group (SIG)<\/strong><\/a> as a <strong>part-time Technical Fellow<\/strong>. According to eFinancialCareers, Stroustrup will contribute to the optimisation and evolution of Susquehanna\u2019s codebase \u2014 an unusually direct meeting between the creator of one of computing\u2019s most important programming languages and one of the industries where that language remains particularly important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The appointment highlights the continuing importance of <strong>C++ in electronic and high-frequency trading<\/strong>. Low-latency trading systems place exceptional demands on execution speed, predictable performance and control over hardware resources, and C++ remains the dominant language for much of this infrastructure. eFinancialCareers notes that elite engineers capable of extracting maximum performance from C++ can command compensation exceeding <strong>$500,000<\/strong> at trading firms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For Stroustrup, finance is familiar territory. Before his current professorship at Columbia University, he spent approximately eight years at <strong>Morgan Stanley<\/strong>, where he was a Managing Director and Technical Fellow. His move to Susquehanna therefore represents less a surprising switch into finance than a return to an industry in which high-performance systems engineering has unusually direct economic value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Susquehanna is also reinforcing its connection with the wider C++ community. The firm has become a <strong>Platinum sponsor of CppCon 2026<\/strong>, while Stroustrup is scheduled to participate at the conference. Susquehanna says his role will involve helping shape the optimisation and evolution of its systems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The broader message is interesting. Despite repeated predictions that newer languages will displace it, C++ remains difficult to replace wherever nanoseconds, memory layouts and hardware behaviour matter economically. In high-frequency trading, programming languages are not merely developer preferences: their performance characteristics can become part of the trading strategy itself.<\/p>\n<p>Hiring the person who designed C++ is about as explicit a statement of that fact as a trading firm can make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eFinancialCareers has reported that Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, has joined quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG) as a part-time Technical Fellow. 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