Job Description
We are a premier financial technology firm revolutionizing the equity options marketplace. Based in the heart of San Jose, CA, we are looking for a world-class Software Engineer to architect the next generation of high-frequency trading systems. We value technical excellence, innovation, and our employees' well-being, offering competitive weekly compensation for our technical staff.
Join our elite team where you will work on cutting-edge technology to process millions of transactions per second. We are proud to offer career growth opportunities for talent in Illinois and across the nation.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement low-latency, high-throughput algorithms for real-time equity options execution.
- Build and maintain scalable microservices for order management, market data ingestion, and risk management.
- Collaborate closely with quantitative researchers to translate complex financial models into robust, production-ready code.
- Optimize database performance and data pipelines using modern caching strategies and distributed databases.
- Ensure system reliability, security, and fault tolerance in a high-stakes financial environment.
- Conduct code reviews, perform technical debt reduction, and mentor junior engineers.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
- Strong proficiency in C++, Python, or Go with a deep understanding of memory management and concurrency.
- Experience with financial derivatives, specifically Equity Options pricing and volatility modeling.
- Demonstrated experience building distributed systems and handling high-frequency data streams.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.