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As a Senior Trading System Engineer, you'll enhance and optimize trading systems using Java and C++. You'll collaborate on performance improvements and application development in a dynamic environment.
Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm with offices in Chicago, New York, Boulder, and Singapore. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. We operate best within a team environment where we challenge each other to deliver value consistently and share in the success of the company.
We are currently seeking an experienced Trading Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Trading System Engineer, you will work alongside quant traders to continually improve our option trading systems. Our systems are primarily Java-based. Parts of the execution platform are written in C++ with FPGA components. You should be comfortable working in all parts of this tech stack. You will work in an environment with an automated daily release cycle and a focus on top-quality and scalable software development practices such as code reviews and automated testing.
What you'll do
- Partner with the Trading System Engineering team on key operational performance and scalability
- Full-cycle application development, network programming, and platform tuning
- Work with Network Engineering to improve performance and platform enhancements
- Apply a data-driven approach to system improvements
- Solve low-latency trading problems and optimization of performance-critical code
- Continuously contribute to the team’s performance architecture
- Create new features and help improve existing systems
What you'll need
- 6+ years of performance engineering experience within trading or similar field
- Proven coding ability in C++ or Java as primary development language
- Strong knowledge of network programming (raw sockets, latency optimization)
- Ability to perform successfully in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- A desire to continuously learn and proactively improve processes
- Bachelor's or Master’s level degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar field
Work Schedule
Belvedere Trading is supportive of a Hybrid work schedule requiring two days a week in either the Chicago, Boulder, New York, or Singapore offices during normal business hours.
Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.
We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer. We welcome your application.
Core Values
The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Iterative Innovation, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.
Our Stance
Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.
Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.
Any questions regarding the virtual recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].
Top Skills
C++
Fpga
Java
Network Programming
Belvedere Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
We are located in the Chicago Loop right next to Ogilvie and Union Train Station for easy access to all of Chicago's favorite neighborhoods. Our office is right on the Chicago River with great lunch places to eat and dining alfresco in the summer.
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