C++ Trading Systems Developer – Proprietary Trading Company – Chicago, USA recruitment

JOB DESCRIPTION

A cutting edge proprietary trading company continues to dominate the market and quantitative trading. They are looking to continue their growth by adding a Software Developer  to  their Chicago  desk.

Locations:   Chicago, USA

The role:

• Work closely with traders to implement trading solutions

• Research, design, develop, and test software applications as well as individual components in a heterogeneous technology environment using knowledge of object-oriented programming using C++ in a Linux environment

• Study and develop understanding of the relevant aspects of the business domain (problems, activities, processes) and apply that understanding to maximize technology value.

• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance

• Provide training and support for new procedures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or related discipline with a minimum of three (3) years of experience in full lifecycle development in a heterogeneous technology environment. Experience may substitute for education.

• Demonstrated expertise in Windows systems programming using C/C++ C#/.NET is required

• Strong understanding of several of the following networking concepts and their relationship to
middleware is required: broadcast, unicast, multicast, point-to-point protocols, routers, switches, network topologies, TCP/UDP and sockets

• Strong teaming and communication skills are necessary as the developer will engage and
collaborate with cross-functional technical teams in an iterative development process

• Experience with writing automated performance benchmarking test suites for Middleware technologies
and some scripting background with Perl or python is preferred

• Development experience in the financial sector is preferred

In return they are offering:

• A huge opportunity to attain significant progression within a growing Firm

• Excellent opportunity for progression and potential leadership exposure (depending on your level)

• Direct impact on the business that ultimately means hands on exposure

• Career advancement and competitive compensation structure

Key Words:  C#, C++, Linux, object oriented, portfolio, low latency, trading systems, multi threading, software engineer.

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