Algo Trading SWE
Electronic Trading Engineering - SWE
Location: New York
Overview
A leading global investment firm is seeking a Software Developer to join its Electronic Trading Engineering team. This team builds and supports mission-critical trading infrastructure used across multiple investment strategies, with a strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and automation.
This is an opportunity to work on highly complex, low-latency systems at scale, directly impacting front-office trading operations in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable components and frameworks for electronic trading systems
- Enhance existing systems by proposing and implementing improvements to performance, functionality, and stability
- Build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput applications
- Collaborate closely with traders, quantitative researchers, and fellow engineers to deliver robust solutions
- Support the evolution of trading infrastructure through innovation and continuous optimization
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, systems design)
- Expert-level proficiency in C++ development
- Experience designing and building enterprise-grade, low-latency systems
- Hands-on knowledge of message-oriented middleware (e.g., Solace, LBM, Tibco RV, or similar)
- Deep understanding of networking concepts and multithreaded programming
- Proven ability to write high-performance, production-quality code
- Experience developing position management systems
- Familiarity with risk controls and compliance frameworks within trading environments
Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Finance or Economics
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