Software Engineer / Trader – Proprietary High Frequency Trading Firm – Chicago / New York recruitment
Opportunity at a leading, ultra-high frequency trading company based in Chicago, with satellite office in New York. You will join a team of technologists and software engineers that work on ultra-high frequency trading strategies. All members of the team are jointly responsible for generating PnL. The team last hired someone in 2008 and are renowned for having 100pc staff retention since the company was formed over 10 years ago. Return on capital has been minimum 15% each year since inception.
Responsibilities:
-coding trading algorithms and advising on efficiency
-enhancing legacy algos that make money but need greater software (/hardware) efficiency
-proposing trading strategies (all members of the team are encouraged to create trading PnL)
-contributing to overall software efficiency (trade execution, exchange connectivity, data)
-working with other hardware and software teams to improve efficiency in recognition that alpha is a function of both cost and revenue-generating trading strategy
-working with other research teams within the business to research and continually improve and existing strategies and look for new sources of alpha
Requirements:
-deep knowledge of C++, multi-threading and real-time systems programming
-knowledge of network / hardware level coding
-prior experience of software within a systematic trading environment – proven experience of developing connectivity to electronic exchanges, low latency trading infrastructure, execution software, data solutions etc.
-mathematical fundamentals – some knowledge of statistics, pure math, computer science
Please email l.jackson@westbourne-partners.com for more information.