Trading Systems Developer– Proprietary Trading Firm – Chicago, USA

JOB DESCRIPTION

A leading proprietary trading company continues to dominate the market and quantitative trading. They are looking to continue their growth by adding a C#/GUI Developer to  their Chicago desk.

Locations:   Chicago, USA

The role:

• Work closely with traders to implement trading solutions

• Enhance and support our Trading, Execution and Risk Management Systems

• Integrate in-house systems with third party financial service provider products

• 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:

• At least 5+ years of recent experience working with C++

• Able to implement highly optimized solutions for extremely low latency systems

• Experience with multithreaded programming

• Experience with network level programming

• Crossplatform (Windows and Linux) experience highly 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:  VB.NET, Java, C#, C++, Linux, object oriented, portfolio, low latency, trading systems, multi threading, software engineer.

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