Team Lead, C++ - Delta Trading Systems

Chicago Trading Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace model

Well-being benefits

Free breakfast and lunch

Job summary

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our Delta Force team seeks a Team Lead to own key technical initiatives and manage engineers within the delta trading execution group.

You'll be hands-on, mentoring a team to develop high-performance valuation, execution, and post-trade systems, collaborating with traders, quants, and technologists to push delta trading toward alpha generation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a production environment using modern C++.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining large-scale C++ systems.
• Deep knowledge of low-level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design.
• Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols.
• Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities without sacrificing quality.
• Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance delta one trading systems.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive architectural decisions.
• Work closely with traders, quants, and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner.
• 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.

Skills

Modern C++

Large-scale C++

Low-level systems

Computer architecture

Networking protocols

Multithreading

Project management

Issue triage

Job description

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our Delta Force team seeks a Team Lead to own key technical initiatives and manage engineers within the delta trading execution group.

You'll be hands-on, mentoring a team to develop high-performance valuation, execution, and post-trade systems, collaborating with traders, quants, and technologists to push delta trading toward alpha generation.