Full-Time

Senior Engineer

Data Ingestion

Posted 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; on-site requirements may change based on business need.

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
Python
High Performance Computing (HPC)
Apache Spark
SQL
Data Engineering
AWS
C/C++
Google Cloud Platform

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Requirements
  • Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines, ideally in the hundreds of terabytes to petabytes range.
  • Strong software architecture and large-scale system design skills.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and object-oriented languages such as Python.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, and/or high-performance computing workloads.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
Responsibilities
  • Own the quality, reliability, and overall health of source data pipelines.
  • Work closely with traders and quantitative researchers to understand their needs and how they use final data products.
  • Act as the data-delivery expert for stakeholders and design reliable and efficient ways to source the data they need.
  • Optimize existing pipelines to improve service-level agreements for users and lower compute and storage usage across the firm.
  • Migrate existing pipelines onto modern data platforms and hardware, and improve the process for future migrations.
  • Collaborate with the broader data organization to improve the overall platform offering and functionality.
  • Detect source data quality issues that lead to incorrect downstream metrics, and partner with data owners to build tools that surface and resolve these issues before users see them.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with tick capture, market data, or trading industry data, including options, equities, or futures.
  • Experience with C++.
  • Experience with data observability and data quality tooling, including diagnosing source data problems.
  • Experience with open table formats such as Iceberg or Delta, and query engines such as Trino, Spark, or DuckDB.
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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