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About the Role

Millennium's Information Technology team supports the firm’s multi-manager business model by developing next-generation analytical and trading capabilities, including high-performance infrastructure for central trading teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain low-latency C++ execution algorithms, order management systems, strategy containers, connectivity, and messaging systems.
• Partner with central trading teams to optimize execution performance across businesses and regions.
• Reduce system latency using advanced network and systems programming techniques.
• Build systems, interfaces, and tools for historical market data analysis and trading simulations.
• Develop and maintain automated tests, performance benchmarking frameworks, and internal engineering tools.
• Collaborate with trading teams to gather requirements and deliver effective, timely solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in a front-office financial services environment.
• Strong expertise in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming in C++.
• Proficiency with C++17 and C++20, multithreading, and asynchronous programming.
• Strong understanding of low-latency and real-time system design and implementation.
• Deep knowledge of Linux system internals and networking.
• Strong financial markets experience across multiple asset classes, focusing on real-time, low-latency trading systems for equities and futures.
• Proficiency using LLM-based tools to accelerate development and improve code quality.
• Working familiarity with Python for quantitative research, data-oriented processing, and execution algorithm performance analysis.

Skills

• C++17
• C++20
• Multithreading
• Asynchronous programming
• Linux system internals
• Networking
• Low-latency system design
• Python
• LLM-based development tools

Location

• New York

Experience Level

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years in a front-office financial services environment

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

Salary/Compensations

• $175,000 - $250,000 base salary

Benefits

• Discretionary performance bonus
• Comprehensive benefits

About the Company

• Global, diversified alternative investment firm founded in 1989.
• Mission is to deliver results for investors through evolution, innovation, and focus.