Job Description
Are you a visionary software engineer looking to revolutionize the financial landscape? Apex Derivatives Labs is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our elite remote team based in Cleveland, OH. We specialize in building cutting-edge equity options pricing engines and risk management infrastructure used by institutional traders worldwide.
In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex financial mathematics and robust, scalable software architecture. You will be responsible for architecting systems that handle millions of transactions per second while ensuring precision and compliance in a dynamic market environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize high-performance options pricing algorithms and financial modeling engines.
- Design and maintain low-latency systems for real-time market data ingestion and trade execution.
- Implement scalable risk management frameworks to monitor exposure and mitigate volatility.
- Collaborate closely with quantitative analysts to translate mathematical models into production-ready code.
- Ensure system reliability, security, and performance through rigorous testing and CI/CD pipelines.
- Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on FinTech or High-Frequency Trading.
- Expert proficiency in C++ for low-latency systems and Python for data analysis.
- Deep understanding of equity options markets, derivatives pricing (Black-Scholes, Binomial), and market microstructure.
- Experience with distributed systems, message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
- Strong grasp of threading, memory management, and optimizing database queries for financial data.