Software Engineer | GUI
Jump Trading2 months ago
Base Salary
$200k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build high-performance, data-dense GUI applications that deliver real-time market data to traders.
- Develop low-level rendering pipelines and efficient browser data-delivery systems optimized for latency, memory usage, and responsiveness.
- Use modern web and graphics technologies to advance real-time GUI capabilities.
- Work across frontend and backend boundaries using solid full-stack engineering practices.
- Shape technical direction, influence architecture, establish best practices, mentor engineers, and provide constructive code reviews.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building high-performance GUI applications.
- Strong experience with React and modern web application architecture.
- Deep understanding of low-level rendering pipelines and rendering techniques.
- Hands-on experience with WebAssembly, Web APIs, WebGPU, WebGL, or equivalent graphics technologies.
- Experience building real-time, data-intensive web applications.
- Strong focus on performance, memory usage, and responsiveness under heavy data loads.
- Ability to write clean, testable code and provide constructive code reviews.
- Ability and desire to take technical ownership, influence architecture, and mentor other engineers.
- Preferred experience includes optimizing rendering for large frequently updating datasets, browser internals, performance profiling tools, Rust, C++, and trading or other real-time data-driven domains.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options.
- Employer-paid group term life and AD&D insurance, plus voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Retirement plan with employer match.
- Paid parental leave and wellness programs.
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About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a privately held quantitative and high-frequency trading firm that designs low-latency systems and models to trade global markets across asset classes, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It trades its own capital rather than selling software or services, and operates from Chicago with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia; the firm was founded in 1999. Affiliates include Jump Crypto for digital assets and the venture arm Jump Capital.