Chicagotrading

C++ Senior Engineer - Options Market Making Execution

Chicago, Illinois, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$250kDetected 5 days ago

C++Distributed SystemsTCP/IPResearch

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.

Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems that power our Options Market Making business
Work closely with traders, quants and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner.
Partner with other teams such as operations, option pricing, exchange connectivity to ensure your solutions seamlessly integrate into our firmwide trading infrastructure.
Ensure operational safety and uphold the highest standards of software engineering by thoroughly testing code, following a coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices-prioritizing carefully planned, well-structured solutions over ad hoc implementations.
Deep knowledge of low level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design
Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion
Our Options Market Making Execution team is looking for a Senior Engineer to build high-performance, elegant solutions to keep CTC's options trading infrastructure fast, efficient, and competitive.
You'll partner with Engineers, Traders, and Quant Researchers to develop and fine-tune execution engines and trading strategies with the goal of reducing latency, maximizing performance and improving P&L.

A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++
Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code

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.

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.
At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered.

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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