Job Description
We are looking for a highly skilled Equity Options Software Engineer to join our elite quantitative trading firm in Memphis, Tennessee. You will be responsible for building the infrastructure that powers our high-frequency options trading strategies. If you are passionate about low-latency systems and financial derivatives, this is your chance to work on cutting-edge technology in a high-stakes environment.
Why Join Us?
We offer competitive compensation, a culture of innovation, and the opportunity to work directly with quants and traders to solve complex problems in the equity options market.
Responsibilities
- Develop Low-Latency Trading Engines: Architect and maintain high-performance software systems for executing equity options orders with minimal latency.
- Options Pricing Models: Implement and optimize quantitative models for option pricing (e.g., Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo simulations) directly into our trading stack.
- Data Pipeline Management: Build robust data ingestion pipelines to process real-time market data feeds from major exchanges.
- Risk Management Systems: Develop algorithms to monitor and mitigate risk exposure in real-time for complex option portfolios.
- System Optimization: Profile and optimize code to ensure our systems run efficiently under heavy load.
- Collaboration: Work closely with quantitative analysts to translate financial models into executable software code.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related Engineering field.
- Experience: 3+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably within a financial technology or high-frequency trading environment.
- Programming: Strong proficiency in C++, Python, or Java. Experience with C++ is highly preferred for performance-critical roles.
- Technical Skills: Deep understanding of multithreading, distributed systems, and database optimization (SQL/NoSQL).
- Financial Knowledge: Solid understanding of financial markets, specifically options trading, derivatives, and market microstructure.
- Problem Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex performance bottlenecks and design scalable architectures.