Jobs · Engineering · Illinois

Execution Algo Engineer

Selby Jennings · Chicago, IL · 3 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time

What You'll Be Doing

  • Design, develop, and enhance execution algorithms and trading-related automation tools
  • Collaborate with experienced engineers to build scalable, high-performance trading systems
  • Contribute to architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to maintain engineering excellence
  • Continuously improve system performance, reliability, and scalability
  • Work closely with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams to understand business needs and deliver impactful solutions

Required Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience developing electronic execution or trading algorithms
  • 5+ years of professional Java development experience within financial systems or trading environments
  • Strong knowledge of multithreaded programming, concurrency, and lock-free design patterns
  • Experience building distributed systems at scale
  • Understanding of risk management concepts within trading environments
  • Familiarity with AI-powered development tools for planning, coding, and testing workflows
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, results-oriented environment

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