Software Engineer (Hybrid): Build Low-Latency Trading Infra

Two Sigma; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental insurance

Competitive 401k match

Life & disability insurance

Onsite gym & wellness activities

Tuition reimbursement

Generous vacation & sick leave

Hybrid in-office policy

Job summary

Two Sigma, a leading quantitative investment management and trading firm, hires software engineers focused on building scalable infrastructure to support data-driven decision making and trading operations.

As an engineer, you will work across teams to develop reliable, high-performance systems, leveraging open-source and proprietary tools. This role offers opportunities to learn, contribute, and grow within a forward-looking organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a technical or quantitative field.
• Experience with Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, or other JVM-targeted languages.
• Experience in large-scale systems.
• Exceptional programming skills; strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Passion for building quality software; finance experience not required.

Responsibilities

• Build the underlying infrastructure used by other engineering teams, including distributed storage and cloud environments.
• Ensure the reliability of mission-critical products and systems, such as the main trading system.
• Use a suite of open-source and proprietary tools to build testing and deployment environments for quantitative models.
• Build and maintain low-latency, high-performance infrastructure for executing trades.
• Scale the infrastructure used to ingest data from 10,000+ sources daily.
• Collaborate with Corporate teams to develop tools and systems to increase productivity and efficiency across the organization.

Skills

Java

C/C++

Python

Ruby

Perl

JVM languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Master's degree

PhD in technical field

Job description

Two Sigma, a leading quantitative investment management and trading firm, hires software engineers focused on building scalable infrastructure to support data-driven decision making and trading operations.

As an engineer, you will work across teams to develop reliable, high-performance systems, leveraging open-source and proprietary tools. This role offers opportunities to learn, contribute, and grow within a forward-looking organization.