Senior Real-Time Quant Analytics Engineer

Cedar Cares, Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Prescription Drug Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

401K or Pension Company Match

Spending Accounts

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cboe Data Vantage is seeking an experienced software engineer to build and optimize real-time financial analytics software. You will work with quants and developers to model financial instruments and perform portfolio analysis, ensuring performance and reliability for clients at leading financial institutions.

You will contribute to design, documentation, and support, collaborating across data teams and with the sales organization on pre‑sales engagements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Java or C# (or equivalent), including understanding of parallel and multithreaded design patterns.
• 1+ year in C++ preferred — our system is primarily Java, but performance‑critical calculations run in C/C++ and CUDA
• Background in financial markets, derivatives pricing, and/or risk analysis. Equity derivatives experience is a plus.
• Ability to explain a complex software system end‑to‑end, from inputs to output, including its design rationale and business value
• Ability to work as a self‑starter; take ownership of projects from start to finish; develop requirements and specifications; QA testing, documentation and production release

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and debug real-time financial analytics software
• Evaluate, tune, and improve model performance, stability, and accuracy
• Analyze market data, derived market data, and reference data
• Collaborate closely with our reference data, real-time data, and historical data teams
• Provide 2nd level support for production applications developed by the team. Respond to customer questions regarding our analytics and models
• Write technical specifications, project plans, and documentation
• Regular communication with senior managers and technical colleagues
• Work with sales team to support presales engagements

Skills

Java

C#

C/C++

Multithreaded design

Financial markets

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Cboe Data Vantage is seeking an experienced software engineer to build and optimize real-time financial analytics software. You will work with quants and developers to model financial instruments and perform portfolio analysis, ensuring performance and reliability for clients at leading financial institutions.

You will contribute to design, documentation, and support, collaborating across data teams and with the sales organization on pre‑sales engagements.