Wolverine Trading-posted 2 months ago
$125,000 - $180,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Chicago, IL

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Lead Software Engineer with a proactive growth mindset to join our core trading technology team as a Technical Lead. In this critical role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and optimizing the ultra-low latency, high-throughput systems that power our trading strategies. This is a unique opportunity to work across the full software development lifecycle while closely collaborating with quantitative researchers to improve our ability to provide low latency intelligence to our trading systems. As a Technical Lead, you will guide technical direction and mentor team members, driving the evolution of our trading infrastructure. While prior experience with market data is a plus, it is not a requirement for this role. We are looking for someone with strong operational expertise who is capable of ensuring reliable and performant systems, efficient troubleshooting, and driving improvements in our production environment to support trading opportunities. This is an opportunity to directly impact our trading capabilities and contribute to a team that pushes the boundaries of speed and efficiency in financial markets.

  • Lead the architectural design and hands-on implementation of core components for our electronic trading platform, including exchange connectivity, market data handlers, order execution engines, and risk management systems.
  • Drive initiatives to continuously optimize the latency and throughput of our trading applications through deep performance analysis, profiling, and tuning.
  • Partner closely with quantitative researchers and traders to translate sophisticated trading strategies into highly optimized and reliable software.
  • Build fault-tolerant and resilient systems, participating in the entire software lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, and providing expert-level support for critical production systems.
  • Uphold and champion high standards for code quality, testability, and maintainability through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and adherence to modern software engineering principles.
  • Act as a technical leader and mentor to less experienced engineers, sharing knowledge, guiding development efforts, and fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on high-performance, low-latency systems.
  • Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20 preferred), with a deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, memory management, and optimization techniques.
  • Solid understanding of operating system internals (Linux preferred), network programming (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast), and hardware interactions.
  • Demonstrated experience with system-level debugging, profiling, and performance tuning tools.
  • Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity.
  • Experience with scripting languages like Python for automation, analysis, and tooling.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a real-time, demanding environment.
  • Strong communication skills, capable of effectively collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proactive, self-motivated, and able to take ownership of projects from concept to deployment.
  • Prior experience in financial technology, high-frequency trading, or market making.
  • Familiarity with specific exchange protocols and scale (e.g. ITCH/ITTO, PITCH, OPRA, etc.)
  • Familiarity with tooling and monitoring (e.g. Wireshark/pcap, perf tools, grafana)
  • Exposure to distributed systems and messaging technologies.
  • Knowledge of various asset classes (equities, options, futures) and market microstructure.
  • Experience with hardware acceleration (FPGA/GPU programming).
  • Base salary range of $125,000 - $180,000 contingent on experience.
  • Annual discretionary bonus.
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