Software Engineer - Core Development

$80-$125K

Join a small core development group that is responsible for developing and maintaining highly scalable, multi-tiered trading applications and infrastructure. This hands-on role will work on high performance exchange connectivity and the infrastructure required to make that happen.

Responsibilities:
-Develop new tools and services for risk and compliance management.
-Benchmark and tune critical software services to achieve optimum performance and latency levels.
-Interact directly with the traders and quantitative developers to capture business requirements and to help resolve technical problems.
-Collaborate with R&D team to research new and innovative technologies and be responsible for integrating these technologies into the production environment.

Qualifications:
-Exceptional C++ programming skills in a Linux environment.
-Experience designing multi-threaded applications.
-Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
-Excellent communication skills.
-Confident team player motivated by a fast paced environment.
-Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or its equivalent.
-At least 3+ years hands on development experience.
-Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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