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C+ Software Engineer, Crypto - Chicago- Global Quant Firm

Jobs via eFinancialCareers, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Summary

Unique in their field, this HFT fund has the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player. They hire exceptional and diverse talent from a variety of places - trading, tech & start-up industries, research labs, PhD programs - to apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets.

Their growing crypto trading team is looking to hire a dynamic Software Engineer who is passionate about development and loves tackling difficult technical problems head-on.

You will collaborate extensively with traders and technologists to evolve, improve and maintain all elements of the trading infrastructure, including feeds, gateways and strategies. This role offers the opportunity to gain exposure to a wide range of interesting and challenging problems involving high performance computing, software design and big data, as well as gaining an understanding of trading on centralized and decentralized exchanges. Most problems require high-availability, high-throughput and low-latency solutions.

The trading team sees technology as a key component of their continued success and candidates will be exposed to cool, cutting-edge technologies in the fast-evolving crypto space. The successful C++ Software Engineer will be self-directed, with the ability to take ownership of projects and responsibilities.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years' professional experience of C++ development in a Linux environmentGood understanding of templates and both low- and high-level optimizationSound knowledge of computer systems (operating systems, networks), plus the ability to build and debug high performance distributed systemsExperience in creating and debugging multithreaded applicationsBonus points for experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and/or internet protocols WS, HTTPExposure to Python or a willingness to gain proficiency quickly

NB:

this role is open to US Citizens and Visa Transfers only.

Benefits

Competitive base salary & bonusEnormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impactContributions are rewarded; career progression supportedUnique culture where you can fulfil your potential through collaboration and mutual respect

Contact

If you feel you're a strong candidate for the role and would like more details, please contact:

Adam Pearce

adam.pearce@oxfordknight.com

+1 (929) 209-9727

linkedin.com/in/adam-pearce-a1390b173

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