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Lead development of high-frequency trading algorithms, enhance trading platforms, manage teams, and ensure performance in trading infrastructure.
We are looking for a HFT Engineering Lead to lead the development of our HFT (high-frequency trading) algorithms across the full spectrum of exchange-traded financial products. Your work will impact the profitability of strategies across futures and equities and will constitute our competitive edge in the markets.
Location
Chicago, IL or London, UK (Hybrid, with 3 days in-office requirement)
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of a next-generation C++ trading platform, offering a unique opportunity to shape the future of our high-frequency trading infrastructure from the ground up.
- Develop and maintain our legacy HFT Java trading platform, ensuring high availability, low latency, and reliability in production across various asset classes.
- Implement robust procedures and monitoring tools to guarantee platform stability and immediate issue resolution.
- Continuously optimize the trading platform’s performance and scalability to support the evolving needs of the trading strategies and new market opportunities.
- Oversee system architecture decisions and hardware-software integration to minimize latency and maximize throughput.
- Lead quantitative analysis related to trading infrastructure performance, latency reduction, and system benchmarking.
- Collaborate closely with research, trading, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of the trading platform with trading algorithms and market data feeds.
- Manage the collection, maintenance, and analysis of trading and infrastructure data to support ongoing enhancements and troubleshooting efforts.
Basic Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of prior experience in designing and maintaining high-performance trading platforms.
- Proven experience managing a team of platform developers or leading high-performance engineering teams.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across research, technology, and trading functions.
- Expertise in C/C++ and familiarity with low-level programming and systems optimization.
- Very high attention to detail, with a focus on reliability and precision in a high-stakes environment.
Benefits
- Health, visual and dental insurance
- Flexible sick time policy
Top Skills
C++
Java
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