Full-Time

Senior Engineer

Options Market Making Execution

Updated on 9/4/2026

Chicago Trading Company

Chicago Trading Company

501-1,000 employees

Proprietary trading using quantitative strategies

Compensation Overview

$200k - $250k/yr

+ Annual discretionary bonus

Chicago, IL, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid workplace model applies to most teams, subject to business need.

Category
Quantitative Finance (1)
Required Skills
Distributed Systems
Quantitative Research
C/C++

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Requirements
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++.
  • Deep knowledge of low-level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design.
  • Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols.
  • Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code.
  • Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion.
Responsibilities
  • Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems that power the Options Market Making business.
  • Work closely with traders, quants, and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner.
  • Partner with operations, option pricing, and exchange connectivity teams to ensure solutions seamlessly integrate into the firmwide trading infrastructure.
  • Ensure operational safety and uphold software engineering standards by thoroughly testing code, following coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working at a high-frequency trading firm.
Chicago Trading Company

Chicago Trading Company

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CTC trades its own capital in stocks, options, and futures for institutional clients. A team of traders, quants, technologists, and operations staff uses algorithms and data analysis to identify trading opportunities and execute trades. Profits come from timely pricing, risk management, and efficient execution, financed by its own balance sheet. The firm differentiates itself with internal capital generation, a collaborative culture, and offices in Chicago, Boulder, London, and New York to access global markets, aiming for steady profits by refining quantitative methods.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$300M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

1995

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What believers are saying

  • CTC hired Citi's Ben Miller in September 2024 to grow EMEA ETF sales.
  • Open roles in 2026 span FPGA, AI, quant research, and execution engineering.
  • The firm expanded at 425 South Financial Place, showing continued headcount and capital investment.

What critics are saying

  • A 2023 data breach exposed Social Security numbers, passports, and licenses.
  • CTC still advertises privacy contacts, suggesting lingering remediation and compliance burden.
  • ETFs, systematic trading, and market making face brutal competition from Optiver and Jane Street.

What makes Chicago Trading Company unique

  • CTC specializes in options market making, not generic multi-manager trading.
  • It operates across Chicago, London, New York, and Amsterdam.
  • Pyth network integration in 2025 signals serious on-chain market-data infrastructure.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Parental Leave

Wellness Program

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

6%
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