About us:
Boerboel Trading is an electronic trading firm, active across a wide range of asset classes and regions, with offices in NYC, Chicago, London, Malta and the Cayman Islands. We engage in rigorous quantitative analysis to deploy systematic trading strategies over multiple time horizons. Trading and research employees of the firm are graduates from a wide spectrum of quantitative disciplines, such as engineering, computer science, mathematics and physics. Our employees apply their scientific methodologies to the analysis of extensive financial data sets.
Job Duties:
- Develop C++ code for our core trading engine, for all exchange-traded asset classes
- Liaise with quantitative researchers to create software to support research, analysis, backtesting, and live trading
- Design and architect world-class low latency trading solutions by understanding networks, server architecture, and how software can best take advantage of the hardware
Qualifications:
- 5+ years coding in C++ focused on high-performance or low-latency server programming
- Detailed knowledge of Linux systems, network programming, and CPU architectures
- Knowledge of market data protocols and order entry for global exchanges
- Experience profiling and optimization code
- Experience with packet capture, packet dissection, and packet replay
- Experience with parallel programming, including threads and lock-free programming
- Finance experience a plus
What we offer:
This position is eligible to be based in Chicago or NYC. In compliance with applicable U.S. pay transparency laws, the anticipated base range for this role is $100,000-$175,000 annually. Pay (base and bonus) may vary depending on job-related skills and experience. A discretionary performance bonus may be provided as part of the total compensation package.
Eligible employees can participate in our benefits package which include health insurance, retirement savings plan, generous PTO, etc.
Boerboel is an office-first firm. While we offer some flexibility to our employees, on a case by case basis, remote work is not available at this time. You’ll need to be based in Chicago or NYC (or willing to relocate) for this role.