C++ Senior Engineer - Options Market Making Execution
CTC Lateral1 month 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.