Design, implement, and optimize low-latency C++ trading applications and infrastructure. Collaborate with traders, quants, and engineers to build production-ready systems, maintain proprietary quoting and pricing tools, analyze diagnostic data, and gradually assume production ownership with mentorship.
About us
Edgehog Trading is a proprietary trading firm specializing in electronic options market making. We take a technology-driven approach, designing and operating automated, scalable systems to provide liquidity across markets.
Our team spans trading, engineering, and business operations, working together to build and support the systems that power the firm. We emphasize data-driven decision making, rigorous problem solving, and continuous improvement to navigate complex and evolving markets.
We operate in a highly collaborative environment where ideas can move quickly from concept to implementation, and where individuals are empowered to take ownership and contribute directly to the firm’s growth.
What you'll do:
- Complete a 4-week onboarding program covering our trading systems, options fundamentals, and low-latency engineering practices
- Design, implement, and optimize low-latency C++ applications used to execute trading strategies across CME, ICE, CBOE, and other exchanges
- Collaborate closely with traders, quants, and other engineers to translate trading ideas into robust, production-ready systems
- Maintain and improve our existing trading tools and infrastructure, and help build new ones from scratch
- Contribute to diagnostic assessments and data analysis to help the team prioritize the highest-impact work
- Work hands-on with our proprietary quoting systems, models, and options-pricing infrastructure
- Gradually transition into production ownership with senior mentorship and ongoing support
Qualifications and skills:
- In your final year of study toward a BA, BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Strong proficiency in C++ (or a comparable systems language) and solid computer science fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, and concurrency
- Comfortable working in a Linux environment; familiarity with system-level programming is a plus
- Experience using AI agents to automate tasks and workflows is a plus
- Strong debugging instincts and a bias toward measuring before optimizing
Why Edgehog:
- Small team advantage: Direct access to founders and senior team members from day one
- Ownership early: Manage real P&L and make meaningful impact within your first year
- Cutting-edge tech: Work with our proprietary models and low-latency trading systems built in-house
- Tight feedback loops: Bi-weekly 1-on-1s with your mentor, quarterly reviews with leadership
- Chicago-based: Affordable cost of living, vibrant trading community
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with premiums 100% covered by the firm
- 401(k) with a 4% company match
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave
- Free lunch, coffee, drinks, and snacks
- Commuter benefits
- Monthly happy hours and annual team events
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Base salary represents just one part of overall compensation; all full-time, permanent roles are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including items in the above list.
The base salary for this role is 140,000 USD per year
Edgehog Trading Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
363 W Erie St, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60654
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