Chicagotrading

Chicagotrading

Trade Support Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$225kDetected 4 days ago
PythonSwiftBashSQLSnowflakeLinuxIncident ResponseProcess ImprovementResearchCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making.
  • Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology.
  • For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate directly with traders and developers to relay critical system and software issues, and assist with patching and recovery
  • Own incident response, follow up on lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement of support operations
  • In this high-impact role, you'll collaborate directly with traders and developers to troubleshoot critical live trading issues, manage complex incidents, and ensure the stability and resilience of production trading systems.

Requirements

  • Experience troubleshooting in a Linux environment via CLI
  • Knowledge of Python and Bash scripting for automation

Nice to have

  • Experience querying databases (SQL, Snowflake) preferred

Compensation

  • $175,000 - $225,000 USD
  • The salary range for this role is listed below.
  • This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Benefits

  • We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally.
  • (Disclaimer: interns and contractors are not eligible for benefits at CTC)
  • Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
  • Note that emails sent to this email account for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

Company info

  • We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence.
  • Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.
  • We are seeking a highly motivated, technically adept Trade Support Engineer.
  • At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered.

Equal opportunity

  • We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an
  • equal opportunity employer.
  • If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at info@chicagotrading.com.

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