Senior Software Engineer

TransMarket Group•Chicago, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Software development team designs and builds low-latency systems that allow us to trade a diverse set of instruments across a wide range of financial marketplaces. This smaller, focused team comes with a high degree of responsibility and ownership. Our systems aim to be clean and understandable while achieving low latency and robust error tolerance. The libraries you work on will become the engine of our firm’s strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or technical field, plus five years of experience in software engineering, or a Master’s degree in a quantitative or technical field, plus three years of experience in software engineering
2-3 years of previous experience with implementing low-latency connectivity at any major exchange in C++
Strong knowledge of engineering software systems for low latency
Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
Passion for the trading industry and interest in interfacing with multi-disciplinary trading teams
Proficiency in C++, multithreading, IPC, automated testing and benchmarking, lock-free data structures, Linux, Solarflare network stack
Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting, SQL, Gitlab CI/CD preferred
This position requires physical presence and is on-site (no remote work)

Nice To Haves

Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting, SQL, Gitlab CI/CD

Responsibilities

Design and implement network connectivity, market data, and execution libraries for our automated trading software platform
Work closely with our strategy teams to understand how they consume the software you write, so that you can anticipate and deliver future improvements
Leverage libraries you've worked on to facilitate backtesting and post-trade analysis of our trading strategies
Tune and refine existing components to improve performance, flexibility, and stability