Job Description
Join Quantum Financial Systems' elite engineering team shaping the future of equity derivatives technology. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deploy high-performance trading systems for complex equity options instruments. Work alongside PhD quants and Wall Street veterans in our state-of-the-art Austin headquarters, where innovation meets financial engineering excellence. This role offers unparalleled exposure to real-time market data processing, risk modeling frameworks, and low-latency execution engines that power institutional trading desks worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement microservices-based options pricing models using C++ and Python
- Develop low-latency trading infrastructure handling 10,000+ orders/second
- Create risk analytics dashboards for portfolio managers and traders
- Optimize volatility surface calculations using GPU acceleration
- Collaborate with quants to implement Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo simulations
- Lead CI/CD pipeline improvements for financial systems
- Mentor junior engineers on financial domain best practices
Qualifications
- 5+ years in C++/Python development for financial systems
- Expertise in options pricing models and derivatives trading concepts
- Experience with FIX protocol and market data feeds (ITCH/ITCHv5.0)
- Strong background in multithreaded programming and lock-free algorithms
- Proficient with Kubernetes, gRPC, and cloud-native architectures
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
- Series 7/63 certification preferred