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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