Job Description
Are you ready to engineer the future of financial markets? Volatility Solutions Inc. is seeking a visionary Senior Software Engineer to join our elite trading division in the heart of Oakland, CA.
We specialize in high-frequency equity options trading. Our mission is to build robust, low-latency systems that handle massive volumes of market data and execute complex pricing models in real-time. If you have a passion for high-performance computing and the intricacies of derivatives, this is your chance to build the infrastructure that moves markets.
Join a diverse, forward-thinking team in Oakland’s booming tech corridor, where your code directly impacts billions in daily market volume.
Responsibilities
- Design & Development: Architect and implement low-latency trading engines and pricing algorithms for equity options.
- Infrastructure: Maintain and optimize our high-performance computing infrastructure to ensure sub-millisecond execution speeds.
- Model Integration: Collaborate closely with quantitative analysts to translate mathematical options pricing models (e.g., Black-Scholes, Binomial) into efficient production code.
- System Reliability: Ensure 99.999% uptime for critical trading systems through rigorous testing, monitoring, and disaster recovery planning.
- Data Handling: Develop robust pipelines for ingesting and processing real-time market data feeds with high throughput.
- Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with product managers and traders to define technical requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably within high-frequency trading (HFT), fintech, or low-latency systems.
- Languages: Proficiency in C++, Rust, or Go with a deep understanding of memory management and concurrency.
- Mathematics: Strong understanding of options pricing theory and financial derivatives.
- Systems: Experience with distributed systems, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and real-time data processing.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving skills, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and strong communication abilities.