Job Description
Join our elite team at Quantum Financial Technologies to revolutionize equity options trading. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build cutting-edge trading platforms that process billions in daily volume. You'll collaborate with PhD quants and Wall Street veterans to develop ultra-low-latency systems powering institutional trading desks.
This role offers unparalleled exposure to complex derivatives modeling, real-time risk calculations, and high-frequency trading infrastructure. Your work will directly impact market liquidity and pricing efficiency for global financial institutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance trading systems for equity options derivatives
- Develop ultra-low-latency order execution engines processing sub-microsecond latency
- Create real-time risk management models for complex options portfolios
- Build scalable market data ingestion systems handling 1M+ messages/second
- Optimize C++ and Python code for maximum throughput and minimal memory footprint
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers to implement pricing algorithms
- Lead production incident response and system resilience initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering (MS/PhD preferred)
- 5+ years experience in high-frequency trading systems or financial software
- Expertise in C++ and Python with deep systems programming knowledge
- Proven experience with low-latency networking (FIX protocols, kernel bypass)
- Familiarity with options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo)
- Strong background in Linux kernel optimization and performance tuning
- Experience with distributed systems (Kafka, gRPC) and cloud architectures (AWS/GCP)