Software Engineer

Radley James; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Comprehensive benefits

25 days paid vacation

Job summary

Radley James is seeking Software Engineers for a leading quant trading firm to build and improve systems behind automated equity and ETF trading strategies. You’ll work closely with researchers and other engineers, taking projects from research and simulation through to live trading.

You’ll join a team that owns its systems end to end and works on technical challenges with a direct impact on trading. The role offers competitive compensation, profit sharing, comprehensive benefits and 25 days of

Qualifications

• Strong C++ skills and computer science fundamentals.
• Experience building performance-sensitive, low-latency systems.
• Interest in solving complex problems and learning how financial markets work.
• A collaborative, practical approach to engineering.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance trading infrastructure in C++.
• Partner with researchers to improve trading and pricing systems.
• Develop systems for market data, simulation and order execution.
• Make frequent, meaningful improvements to production systems.

Skills

C++

CS fundamentals

Low-latency

Team collaboration

Job description

A leading quant trading firm is hiring Software Engineers to build and improve the systems behind its automated equity and ETF trading strategies. You’ll work closely with researchers and other engineers, taking projects from research and simulation through to live trading.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain high-performance trading infrastructure in C++
• Partner with researchers to improve trading and pricing systems
• Develop systems for market data, simulation and order execution
• Make frequent, meaningful improvements to production systems

What we’re looking for

• Strong C++ skills and computer science fundamentals
• Experience building performance-sensitive systems; low-latency trading experience is preferred
• An interest in solving complex problems and learning how financial markets work
• A collaborative, practical approach to engineering

You’ll join a team that owns its systems end to end and works on technical challenges with a direct impact on trading. This client offers competitive compensation, profit sharing, comprehensive benefits and 25 days of paid vacation.