Job Description
Join our cutting-edge financial technology firm as a Senior Equity Options Software Engineer! We're revolutionizing derivative trading platforms and need your expertise to build high-performance systems for equity options pricing and risk management. Enjoy competitive weekly pay, flexible remote options, and collaborate with top-tier quant developers in Sacramento's thriving tech scene.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain real-time options pricing engines using C++ and Python
- Design low-latency trading systems for equity derivatives execution
- Implement complex mathematical models for volatility surfaces and Greeks calculations
- Optimize database queries for high-frequency options market data
- Collaborate with quants to validate model accuracy and regulatory compliance
- Lead code reviews and mentor junior engineers on best practices
- Deploy containerized applications on AWS/GCP infrastructure
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in financial software development, specifically equity options
- Expertise in C++, Python, and multithreading architectures
- Strong background in numerical methods and stochastic calculus
- Proficiency with FIX protocol and market data APIs
- Familiarity with options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial Trees)
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases for time-series data
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements (SEC, FINRA) for derivatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Finance