Wehrtyou

Wehrtyou

Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (Storage/Databases)

New York, NY, United States

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$300kDetected 29 days ago
C++Distributed SystemsLinuxResearch

About the role

  • Hudson River Trading (HRT) is a leading quantitative trading and investment firm specializing in multi-asset class strategies.
  • At the core of our success lies the power of our compute cluster, the foundation where all our trading strategies are conceived and refined.
  • As a Storage Developer, you'll dive deep into C++ and advanced storage solutions, working at massive scale to enable groundbreaking research.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a small team of skilled developers to create distributed storage systems customized to fit HRT's needs
  • Understand our Research team's storage and compute needs, and build for the next generation of research

Requirements

  • Distributed systems experience required (ability to reason about fault tolerance, sharding, trade-offs, and designing for simplicity and robustness under failure)
  • Previous experience developing databases, distributed filesystems, search infrastructure, or similar ideal but not required
  • Ability to work productively in a Linux environment
  • Knowledge of UNIX operating systems, low-level systems-level performance issues, and networking
  • so whoever you are we'd love to get to know you.

Nice to have

  • Proficient C++ experience is required, daily use preferred

Skills

  • You're able to balance being detail-oriented with good prioritization of what matters now vs. later
  • You thrive in collaborative environments and have a strong sense of ownership
  • In your spare time you code, tinker, read, explore, break things, and have an insatiable curiosity for all things computer related
  • Use of AI tools during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon.

Compensation

  • The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent).

Company info

  • mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech.
  • We're a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization-from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond.
  • We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike.
  • At HRT we're friends and colleagues - whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code.
  • We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.
  • Feel like you belong at HRT?
  • Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued.
  • HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives.
  • HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we'd love to get to know you.

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