Senior Engineer - Systematic

What You’ll Do

• Develop, test, and maintain high-performance trading applications, backtesting tools, and libraries using Python, with a focus on volatility products.
• Work closely with traders to translate strategies into technical requirements, and with researchers to optimize the integration of models into live trading systems.
• Create and drive a technical roadmap developing strong, dependable, and easy-to-maintain code in accordance with established guidelines and industry norms.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to continuous improvement within the team.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in trading technology, Python development, and related libraries and frameworks.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience in working directly on a systematic trading desk.
• Options experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in an architect-level role.
• Hands-on experience with Python and proficiency in modern Python concepts such as asyncio.
• Experience designing and implementing systems capable of processing real-time market data at low latencies and integrating seamlessly with research pipelines.
• Experience designing and implementing high-performance and flexible research systems capable of hosting and processing terabytes of data on a computer cluster with GPU and tens of thousands CPU cores.
• Experience using numerical toolkits such as pandas and NumPy is preferred but not required.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is listed below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance.

Salary Range $150,000—$250,000 USD

Our Benefits

• Generous time off
• Insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course)
• Wellness reimbursement
• A variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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