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Senior Software Engineer - Equity Options & Derivatives

Apex Quant Strategies
El Paso
Estimated Salary
USD 140.000 – USD 190.000
Live Update
8 Juli 2026
Deadline
8 Jul 2027

Job Description

Join the Elite Front Office Trading Team

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer specializing in Equity Options and quantitative finance to join our urgent hiring initiative. If you are passionate about high-frequency trading, volatility modeling, and building robust financial systems, this is your opportunity to shape the future of our trading platform.

Based in El Paso, we offer a competitive salary, equity participation, and a cutting-edge environment where your code directly impacts millions in derivatives trading.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain high-performance pricing engines for equity options and exotic derivatives.
  • Optimize latency-critical trading systems to ensure real-time market execution and risk management.
  • Collaborate with quantitative analysts to translate complex financial models into efficient, scalable code.
  • Implement and secure low-latency data pipelines for market data ingestion and order routing.
  • Conduct rigorous code reviews and unit testing to ensure system reliability and compliance.
  • Debug and resolve complex issues in live trading environments with minimal downtime.

Qualifications

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or Financial Engineering (PhD preferred).
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in financial services or quantitative trading.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
  • Deep understanding of options pricing models (Black-Scholes, Binomial, Monte Carlo simulations).
  • Experience with distributed systems, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and database optimization (SQL, NoSQL).
  • Familiarity with Linux environments and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Required Skills

Python C++ Quantitative Finance Black-Scholes Model Risk Management Algorithmic Trading SQL Docker Linux C++11/14/17

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