About the Role
Jump Trading is committed to world-class research, empowering exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets. Our culture fosters innovation through fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together by unlocking individual talent through collaboration and mutual respect. Research outcomes drive superior risk-adjusted returns, and we design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups, and partner with research organizations and universities.
Responsibilities
- Work on a team of technologists building and improving platforms and services that support the business.
- Partner with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to develop new tools, systems, and infrastructure.
- Collaborate with teammates to improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of production systems.
- Strengthen core systems used across the organization to have an outsized impact on engineering productivity.
Requirements
- At least 5+ years of professional experience with Python building large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working on a Linux platform.
- Proven success working with large data sets or data-intensive applications.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Intellectual curiosity.
- Self-directed and comfortable taking ownership of projects and responsibilities.
- Reliable and predictable availability.
Skills
- Python
- Linux
- Large data sets
- Data-intensive applications
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
Experience Level
- 5+ years of professional experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering, or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000—$250,000 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
About the Company
- Jump Trading is committed to world class research.
- We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets.
- Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak.
- We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect.
- At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns.
- We design, develop and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
