C++ Senior Engineer - Options Market Making Execution
CTC Lateral3 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems for the options market-making business.
- Collaborate with engineers, traders, quantitative researchers, operations, option pricing, and exchange connectivity teams to move ideas into production.
- Develop and fine-tune execution engines and trading strategies to reduce latency, improve performance, and enhance P&L.
- Ensure operational safety through thorough testing, maintainable architecture, and well-structured software engineering practices.
- Triage issues quickly and drive resolution efforts through completion.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of production experience using modern C++.
- Deep knowledge of low-level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design.
- Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols.
- Experience building multithreaded and distributed systems and delivering clean, performant code.
- High-frequency trading firm experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
- Benefits include generous time off, insurance coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch, healthy snacks, wellness reimbursement, and other employee benefits.
- Most CTC teams except Trading follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.
About CTC Lateral
Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making and other derivatives across global exchanges. It trades its own capital, combining quantitative research, systematic strategies, and in-house trading technology to provide liquidity and price discovery. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Chicago, the privately held firm operates in multiple asset classes and supports research and trading with extensive market and reference data platforms.