Job Description
Join Quantum Financial Systems as a Senior Equity Options Software Engineer in our Colorado Springs headquarters (with full remote flexibility). We're urgently seeking a talented engineer to build high-performance trading platforms for complex derivatives. You'll collaborate with quant analysts and traders to design real-time pricing engines and risk management systems. This is a mission-critical role with competitive compensation, equity packages, and the chance to shape the future of algorithmic finance.
Responsibilities
- Develop low-latency options pricing models and trading algorithms in C++/Python
- Design scalable microservices for options risk analytics and settlement
- Optimize market data ingestion and order execution pipelines
- Implement regulatory compliance features for SEC/FINRA reporting
- Collaborate with quants to calibrate volatility surfaces and Greeks calculations
- Lead technical initiatives for options platform modernization
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in high-frequency trading or derivatives software
- Expertise in options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial, Monte Carlo)
- Proficiency in C++ and Python with multithreading mastery
- Familiarity with FIX protocol and market data feeds (ITCH/ITCHv5.0)
- Strong knowledge of Linux kernel networking and kernel bypass techniques
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field