Senior C++ Low-Latency Trading Engineer

Edgehog Trading; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 175 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

4% 401k match

Unlimited PTO

Free lunch

Commuter benefits

Team events

Résumé du poste

Edgehog Trading in Chicago designs and operates low-latency trading systems for electronic options market making. You will design, implement, and optimize C++ applications used in strategy execution, collaborating with traders and other engineers to translate ideas into robust, production-ready software.

The role emphasizes data-driven problem solving, performance tuning, and safe, testable changes to production code.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience at an options market making firm.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++.
• Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency).
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance-tuning skills.
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment and familiar with system-level programming.
• Ability to translate business goals and ideas into scalable production code.

Responsabilités

• Design, implement, and optimize low-latency C++ applications for trading strategy execution.
• Collaborate closely with traders and other engineers to translate ideas into robust, production-ready systems.
• Conduct diagnostic assessments and perform data analysis to identify issues and prioritise tasks.
• Modify inter-application behaviors and component interactions in a safe, testable manner.
• Rewrite complicated Java applications into C++.
• Optimize production code and system components for low-latency and high-throughput.

Connaissances

Modern C++

Data structures & algorithms

Linux system programming

Debugging & profiling

Low-latency systems

Traders collaboration

Description du poste

Edgehog Trading in Chicago designs and operates low-latency trading systems for electronic options market making. You will design, implement, and optimize C++ applications used in strategy execution, collaborating with traders and other engineers to translate ideas into robust, production-ready software.

The role emphasizes data-driven problem solving, performance tuning, and safe, testable changes to production code.