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About the Role

Join a high-performing team responsible for a global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. Collaborate with technologists, quants, and traders to develop and optimize in-house trading technology for market-leading performance and reliability. Our proprietary platform encompasses venue connectivity, trading engines, and shared platforms, fostering an open and collaborative culture.

Responsibilities

• Write software to communicate with exchanges via APIs, handling market data and orders using protocols like FIX, Websocket, or HTTP.
• Ensure software quality through testing suites, which you will use, maintain, and extend.
• Optimize exchange communication using kernel bypass, TLS optimization, or connection handling.
• Research exchange behavior to align our systems accordingly.
• Implement solutions using provided exchange SDKs in C++, Rust, Python, or Typescript.
• Implement trading algorithms based on trader and quant requirements.
• Acquire and develop trading knowledge to translate requirements into software.
• Continuously improve the stability, reliability, and performance of the trading engine.
• Enhance monitoring and observability in collaboration with the Trading Operations team.
• Investigate and resolve production issues, including crashes, logic errors, and performance bottlenecks.
• Prepare for releases and deployments of new trading engine versions.

Requirements

• 5+ years post-graduation professional C++ software development experience within the Financial industry.
• Solid understanding of parallel, asynchronous, and multithreaded programming for distributed systems.
• Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data sets and propose innovative solutions.
• Understanding of the trading lifecycle, including order capture & execution, allocation workflow, settlement, and compliance requirements.
• Strong technical skills in scripting, Python, PowerShell, C#, SQL, or other programming languages.
• Solid track record in application deployment best practices.
• Proactive system monitoring and troubleshooting, owning reliability improvements and ensuring their successful delivery.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with traders, developers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers, and other engineering teams.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and flexible with a positive attitude.
• Ability to work under demanding deadlines with changing priorities in a trading room environment.
• Ambition to solve open-ended problems using analytical methods.

Skills

• C++
• Python
• PowerShell
• C#
• SQL
• FIX
• Websocket
• HTTP
• Rust
• Typescript
• Application Programming

Location

• Global

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

About the Company

• Our proprietary trading platform includes everything from venue connectivity (feed handlers and ordering gateways) to trading engines to shared platforms that enable us to work quickly and efficiently - we are proud of our open and collaborative culture, so you'll have plenty of opportunity to find what fits you best.