Requirements

• Strong academic background in Computer Science or an analytical field such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, etc.
• Strong software engineering background.
• Proven ability to analyze data and draw useful commercial conclusions.
• Comfortable communicating technical topics to non-specialist audiences.
• History of productive interaction with other groups, especially sales, trading, and other technology teams.
• Experience building systems with strict requirements for low-latency (microseconds count) and deterministic performance.
• Performance tuning/optimization of distributed systems.
• Know your way around a Linux shell.

Nice to Haves

• Securities/trading experience is a plus but not required.
• Multi-threaded/concurrent programming.
• Just-in-time compilation/code path optimization.
• Memory management strategies.
• JVM tuning for low-latency.
• Low-latency messaging, network protocols, network I/O in Java, JNI.
• Hardware stack and hardware architecture from a latency perspective.
• Knowledge of Linux kernel/OS internals.

What You'll Be Doing

• Analyze trading system performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Generate ideas for system enhancements that drive commercial performance.
• Implement, test, and deploy these ideas.
• Improve the safety and reliability of trading systems.
• Work constructively in collaboration with other team members.
• Manage work to balance the short-term needs of the business with strategic enhancements.

Perks and Benefits

• Dynamic, entrepreneurial team environment.
• Opportunity to work with leading-edge technologies in electronic trading.
• Flat team structure allowing for maximum impact.
• Opportunity to develop a deep understanding of FICC asset classes.