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Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
Jump Operations, LLC seeks Software Engineer II at its facility located at 600 West Chicago Avenue, Ste. 600, Chicago, IL 60654. (Multiple positions) Full cycle development including researching projects, writing, testing & debugging code, deployment of finished code into the production environment and ensuring that all code is checked into the source code control system. Direct support of end users, trouble-shooting problems and upgrading applications. Extensive interaction with a Sybase database. Demonstrates reliable and predictable attendance. Rapidly design, code, test, debug and maintain distributed trading platforms & support services to enable trading on more than 80 financial exchanges, holding theoretical & practical training workshops for employees to introduce all software components of the trading platform. Work with multi-tiered applications and infrastructure software systems relating to executing trades. This will specifically entail developing high performance exchange connectivity, application design, requirements analysis, and specification generation relating to all aspects the trading system, and performance optimization across the trading system.
Requirements: This position requires a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computational Data Science or related quantitative field.
Additionally, the applicant must have gained experience or coursework in the following:
- Machine Learning
- Data Structures
- Calculus
- Probability.
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Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation plus paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness Programs
Jump Trading Group Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
600 W Chicago Ave, Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60654
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