Job Description
Join our award-winning FinTech team at Quantum Financial Solutions, where innovation meets Wall Street. We're seeking a Senior Equity Options Software Engineer to architect next-generation trading platforms that power institutional derivatives markets. Work remotely from Kansas City or our downtown hub, collaborating with PhD quants and elite engineers to build low-latency systems handling billions in daily transactions.
This role offers unmatched career growth in one of finance's most specialized domains. You'll develop mission-critical components for options pricing engines, risk management frameworks, and market surveillance systems – directly impacting global financial markets.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance options pricing algorithms using Monte Carlo simulations and binomial trees
- Develop real-time risk management systems for options portfolios with 99.99% uptime requirements
- Build microservices-based architecture for options trading platforms using C++ and Java
- Optimize market data pipelines handling 50K+ messages/sec for equity derivatives
- Create regulatory compliance modules for SEC/FINRA options reporting requirements
- Mentor junior engineers on quantitative finance best practices
- Collaborate with traders to translate complex strategies into technical specifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Finance (Master's preferred)
- 5+ years experience in equity options derivatives technology
- Expert proficiency in C++ and Java with multithreading expertise
- Deep understanding of Black-Scholes, stochastic calculus, and volatility modeling
- Proven track record building low-latency trading systems (sub-100ms latency)
- Familiarity with FIX protocol and market data feeds (ITCH/ITCHv5.0)
- Experience with cloud-native deployment (AWS/GCP) and container orchestration
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks (Dodd-Frank, MiFID II) for derivatives