Job Description
Join our award-winning fintech team at Quantum Financial Solutions, where innovation meets high-frequency trading. We're seeking a visionary Senior Software Engineer to architect and deploy cutting-edge systems powering global equity options markets. Work alongside MIT PhDs and ex-Wall Street quants in our downtown Seattle headquarters, equipped with dual 4K monitors and standing desks overlooking Elliott Bay. Enjoy flexible schedules, quarterly hackathons, and equity compensation in a company that's grown 300% YoY.
Your impact will directly influence billions in daily trading volume while enjoying unmatched perks: catered lunches, unlimited PTO, and a $10k annual professional development stipend. Collaborate with traders in real-time to transform complex financial models into lightning-fast, low-latency trading platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement microservices for options pricing, risk analysis, and order execution pipelines
- Optimize C++/Rust trading engines for sub-microsecond latency in high-frequency options markets
- Develop Python-based analytics dashboards for options greeks and volatility surfaces
- Architect cloud-native infrastructure on AWS/GCP with Kubernetes and Terraform
- Lead code reviews and pair programming sessions for cross-functional teams
- Mentor junior engineers on financial mathematics and distributed systems
- Partner with quantitative researchers to implement Black-Scholes and binomial tree models
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in low-latency trading systems or high-frequency finance
- Expertise in C++, Python, and at least one JVM language (Java/Scala)
- Deep understanding of options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo)
- Proficiency with Linux kernel tuning and network stack optimization
- Experience with cloud-native deployment (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform)
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Quantitative Finance
- Portfolio demonstrating complex financial systems or high-performance computing
- Familiarity with FIX protocol and exchange connectivity