Job Description
Join our elite team at Quantum Financial Solutions as a Senior Equity Options Software Engineer. We're revolutionizing options trading technology with cutting-edge solutions for global financial institutions. This weekend-shift role (Friday-Sunday) offers competitive compensation, remote flexibility, and the chance to work on high-stakes systems handling billions in daily transactions. You'll collaborate with top-tier quants and engineers to build ultra-low-latency platforms that power complex derivatives strategies.
We offer comprehensive benefits including equity participation, unlimited PTO, and professional development stipends. Our culture values innovation, work-life balance, and technical excellence. If you're passionate about solving complex financial engineering challenges and want to make an impact in the derivatives space, this is your opportunity.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance options pricing and risk management systems
- Optimize C++/Java microservices for sub-millisecond execution in electronic trading environments
- Implement and validate exotic option pricing models (Black-Scholes, Monte Carlo, binomial trees)
- Collaborate with quants to translate mathematical models into production-ready code
- Build real-time monitoring and alerting systems for options book positions and P&L
- Lead code reviews and architectural discussions for critical trading infrastructure
- Document complex financial systems for regulatory compliance and knowledge transfer
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in C++/Java development for financial systems or HFT platforms
- Deep understanding of equity derivatives, volatility surfaces, and option Greeks
- Expertise in low-latency networking (FIX protocol) and Linux kernel tuning
- Strong background in multithreaded programming and lock-free data structures
- Familiarity with options pricing libraries (QuantLib, Boost.Spirit) or equivalent
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related quantitative field
- Experience with cloud deployment (AWS/GCP) and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to work independently during weekend shifts with on-call rotation