C++ Software Engineer, Crypto - Chicago- Global Quant Firm
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C++ Software Engineer, Crypto - Chicago Summary
Unique in their field, this HFT fund has the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player. They hire exceptional and diverse talent from a variety of places - trading, tech & start-up industries, research labs, PhD programs - to apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets.
Their growing crypto trading team is looking to hire a dynamic Software Engineer who is passionate about development and loves tackling difficult technical problems head-on.
You will collaborate extensively with traders and technologists to evolve, improve and maintain all elements of the trading infrastructure, including feeds, gateways and strategies. This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of interesting and challenging problems involving high performanceputing, software design and big data, as well as gaining an understanding of trading on centralized and decentralized exchanges. Most problems require high-availability, high-throughput and low-latency solutions.
The trading team sees technology as a keyponent of their continued success and candidates will be exposed to cool, cutting-edge technologies in the fast-evolving crypto space. The successful C++ Software Engineer will be self-directed, with the ability to take ownership of projects and responsibilities.
Requirements
Minimum 3 years' professional experience of C++ development in a Linux environment
Good understanding of templates and both low- and high-level optimization
Sound knowledge ofputer systems (operating systems, networks), plus the ability to build and debug high performance distributed systems
Experience in creating and debugging multithreaded applications
Exposure to Python or a willingness to gain proficiency quickly
NB: this role is open to US Citizens and Visa Transfers only.
Benefits
Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impact
Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
Unique culture where you can fulfil your potential through collaboration and mutual respect
Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.
Contact
If you feel you're a strong candidate for the role and would like more details, please contact:
Adam Pearce
+1 (929) 209-9727
linkedin/in/adam-pearce-a1390b173
Job ID JNRoBKAxwYb4
- Location:
- Chicago