Trade Execution - Software Engineer

Selby Jennings; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings, a leading hedge fund in Chicago, is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to help build and enhance technology supporting electronic trading, order routing, and execution workflows across global markets.

You will work on highly performant distributed systems at the center of the trading lifecycle, partnering with investment professionals to deliver scalable, reliable, and latency-sensitive solutions in a fast-paced, engineering-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and backend systems.
• Deep understanding of concurrent and multithreaded programming concepts.
• Experience designing distributed systems in production environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance applications and distributed services that support electronic trading and market interaction.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers to deliver scalable solutions for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Drive software quality through thoughtful architecture, design reviews, testing, and code reviews.
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with trading, portfolio management, and risk stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Contribute to the evolution of core platform architecture and engineering best practices.

Skills

Java

Backend

Distributed systems

Multithreading

Stakeholder comm

C# familiarity

AI-assisted workflows

Job description

A leading hedge fund is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a team responsible for building and enhancing the technology that supports electronic trading, order routing, and execution workflows across global markets.

This group develops highly performant distributed systems that sit at the center of the trading lifecycle, partnering closely with investment professionals to deliver scalable, reliable, and latency-sensitive solutions. The environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and focused on engineering excellence.

We are looking for individuals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, building resilient platforms, and operating in environments where performance, scalability, and reliability are critical.

What You’ll Do

A leading hedge fund is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a team responsible for building and enhancing the technology that supports electronic trading, order routing, and execution workflows across global markets.

This group develops highly performant distributed systems that sit at the center of the trading lifecycle, partnering closely with investment professionals to deliver scalable, reliable, and latency-sensitive solutions. The environment is fast-paced, collaborative, and focused on engineering excellence.

We are looking for individuals who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, building resilient platforms, and operating in environments where performance, scalability, and reliability are critical.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop high-performance applications and distributed services that support electronic trading and market interaction.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers to deliver scalable solutions for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Drive software quality through thoughtful architecture, design reviews, testing, and code reviews.
• Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with trading, portfolio management, and risk stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Contribute to the evolution of core platform architecture and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience developing complex backend systems.
• Deep understanding of concurrent and multithreaded programming concepts.
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems in production environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, business-facing environment.
• Familiarity with modern developer productivity tools, including AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Ability to support, maintain, or extend applications built in C# when required.

Preferred Experience

• Experience building low-latency or high-throughput systems.
• Exposure to electronic trading, capital markets, market structure, or quantitative investment environments.
• Experience optimizing applications for performance and scalability.
• Understanding of fault-tolerant and highly available system design.