Job Description
Are you a visionary engineer looking to make a significant impact in the high-frequency trading landscape? Apex Derivatives Solutions is currently seeking a top-tier Equity Options Software Engineer for an immediate hire position in Washington DC.
In this pivotal role, you will architect and maintain the core pricing engines that power our multi-asset class platform. You will work at the intersection of complex financial mathematics and high-performance software engineering, optimizing systems for speed, accuracy, and scalability in a competitive market.
Why Join Us?
- Work with state-of-the-art Low-Latency C++ and Python architectures.
- Competitive compensation package with performance bonuses.
- Flexible remote/hybrid policy with a focus on work-life balance.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize low-latency pricing models for equity options and vanilla derivatives.
- Collaborate with quantitative analysts to translate mathematical models into efficient software algorithms.
- Ensure high availability and fault tolerance of market data ingestion and trade execution systems.
- Conduct rigorous code reviews and perform system load testing to guarantee sub-millisecond response times.
- Maintain and upgrade legacy codebases to support new regulatory requirements.
- Participate in the full SDLC, from architecture design to deployment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, specifically within the financial services or fintech sector.
- Deep expertise in C++ (C++17/20) and Python for algorithmic trading applications.
- Strong understanding of financial derivatives, specifically equity options, Black-Scholes models, and volatility surface modeling.
- Experience with Linux environments, multithreading, and memory management.
- Familiarity with FIX protocols, market data feeds (Bloomberg, Refinitiv), and order management systems.