Senior Software Engineer

Description

Our Core Team designs and builds low latency systems that allow us to trade a diverse set of instruments across a wide range of Exchanges and ECN’s. Our systems try to hit the sweet spot between clean and understandable code, low latency performance, stable behavior, and zero error tolerance. The libraries you work on will become the engine of our firm’s strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network connectivity, specialized container, market data, and execution libraries for our automated trading software platform
• Tune and refine existing components to improve performance and increase stability
• Work closely with our strategy teams to understand how they are consuming the libraries you write, so that you can anticipate and deliver future improvements
• Develop and support production quality components using the libraries you’ve worked on to facilitate data collection and back testing of our trading strategies
• Maintain existing applications and exchange connectivity
• Tools: C++, Python, Bash, C#, Linux, SQL, network programming

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, Bioinformatics, or Technology plus two years of experience in software engineering OR Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, Bioinformatics, or Technology plus five years of experience in software engineering
• Must have previous experience with implementing exchange connectivity at any major Exchange
• Experience working on or closely with an algorithmic trading strategy team is a plus, as is experience designing or working with systems designed to backtest trading strategies
• Proficiency in C++, Multithreading, IPC, Automated testing and benchmarking, Low latency containers, Linux, OnLoad network stack
• Python and/or Bash scripting, SQL, C#, CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab preferred
• This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)