The Role

We are seeking a talented and experienced software engineer to join our specialized TAPE team within the Post Trade Technology group. Our team owns and operates the firm's critical trade and positions system, delivering real-time risk awareness and seamless integration across every trading desk in the organization.  As a key contributor to TAPE - our next-generation based platform engineered for enhanced scalability, volume capacity, and support for sophisticated trading strategies - you will drive the modernization of our core infrastructure. This role presents an exciting opportunity to tackle complex technical challenges in distributed architecture, high-throughput processing, and low latency systems while collaborating closely with both your immediate TAPE team members and the broader Post Trade Technology organization. You'll be instrumental in shaping the future of our trade processing capabilities, working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and critical financial operations that power our firm's trading activities

What you'll do

• Architect, develop and maintain resilient Java services to power TAPE's critical post-trade processing workflows, including trade capture, position aggregation
• Engineer highly scalable distributed systems capable of processing millions of daily trades across multiple asset classes, optimizing for low latency in position updates while maintaining data consistency.
• Work closely with other engineers and stakeholders within the Post Trade Technology team to ensure seamless integration and alignment with broader post-trade processing initiatives and systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including traders, quant developers, and other technical groups—to design, build, and enhance client APIs in Java, C++, and Python.
• Contribute to building and refining user interfaces using Angular, ensuring seamless integration with underlying APIs.
• Leverage distributed caching solutions (e.g., Hazelcast, Oracle Coherence, or Redis) and container orchestration with Kubernetes to optimize system performance and reliability.
• Drive technical innovation by evaluating and integrating emerging technologies, architectural patterns, and industry best practices to enhance system resilience, processing throughput, and operational efficiency.
• Proactively monitor system health, diagnose performance bottlenecks, resolve production incidents, and maintain detailed technical documentation to support 24/7 operations and regulatory compliance requirements

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Proven experience in developing Java-based applications and services, preferably in a high-volume, low-latency environment.
• Proficiency in building and integrating APIs using Java, C++, and Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and caching solutions (e.g., Hazelcast, Oracle Coherence, Redis).
• Exposure to trading systems and capital markets with an understanding of how real-time risk management and trade processing systems operate.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to tackling complex technical challenges within a collaborative team environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with post-trade processing systems including trade capture, position management, settlement workflows, and real-time risk calculations in capital markets environments.
• Understanding of trade lifecycle events, reconciliation processes, and the integration points between front-office trading systems and back-office settlement operations.
• Experience working on critical trading systems or financial applications.
• Additional certifications or training in cloud architecture, containerization, or financial markets technology.
• Experience deploying and managing applications using Kubernetes.

The Role

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Compliance Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining innovative solutions that support our market participation and ensure effective management of trading operational risk. Your work will be integral in real-time monitoring of sales and pricing requests, compliance with trading venue regulations, and the generation of regulatory reports across multiple jurisdictions

What you'll do

• Design, build, and continuously improve real-time, high-throughput systems that monitor orders and quotes across venues, process large data sets, and carry out market-making obligations.
• Automate end-to-end compliance: detect prohibited trading behaviors, generate/submit regulatory reports (SEC, FSA, FINRA, etc.), and adapt controls to evolving rules and guidelines.
• Quickly fix production issues to ensure uninterrupted market operations.
• Document architectures, processes, and changes to support audits and regulatory reviews.

What we are looking for

• Java developer with at least 5 years experience with real-time, low-latency trading or financial-services systems.
• Experience building scalable, high-performance data pipelines and market-monitoring tools.
• Strong grasp of market-making, trading operations, risk management, and the applicable regulatory landscape.
• Shown analytical and problem-solving capabilities; comfortable balancing multiple priorities in a highly regulated, fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with compliance/surveillance platforms or financial-regulation frameworks.
• Knowledge of operational-risk management tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and big-data technologies.

CTC is seeking a Recruiting Coordinator to join our Talent Acquisition team as a core member driving recruiting execution across campus and lateral hiring. This role is embedded in the day-to-day of our recruiting operation — partnering directly with recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates to move searches forward with precision and professionalism. The ideal candidate is team-oriented, thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes ownership of their work, and understands that a strong recruiting process is a direct reflection of the firm. 

What You’ll Do 

• Own interview scheduling and logistics end-to-end for campus and experienced hire candidates across multiple business lines 

• Act as a key point of contact for candidates throughout the process, ensuring a consistent and professional experience that reflects CTC's brand 

• Partner with recruiters on pipeline management, requisition tracking, and reporting to keep searches moving efficiently and firm leadership apprised of search progress  

• Drive campus recruiting logistics including info sessions, career fairs, and on-campus events — serving as an extension of the recruiting team in those environments 

• Maintain relationships with university contacts, student organizations, and career centers 

• Ensure ATS data integrity and generate recruiting metrics that inform team decisions 

• Support offer preparation, background checks, and onboarding handoffs 

• Identify process gaps and contribute to improvements as the TA function evolves 

What We’re Looking For 

• Bachelor’s degree 

• 1+ years of recruiting coordination or HR operations experience; financial services exposure a plus 

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities 

• Proficiency with ATS platforms and Microsoft Office Suite 

• Experience in marketing, social media, or content creation in a professional role, internship, or personal project. You should have a genuine passion for using these skills to strengthen the employer brand within campus recruiting and firmwide rebranding efforts. 

• Professional and proactive — someone who anticipates needs rather than waits to be directed  

Nice to Haves 

• Campus recruiting coordination experience 

• Experience with Greenhouse Recruiting (ATS) 

• Experience with scheduling software tools (e.g. ModernLoop, Goodtime, Guide, etc.) 

Quantitative research is a key driver of innovation at CTC and one of the pillars upon which our firm is built. We are seeking a Quantitative Researcher to partner with Trading and Technology to strengthen, scale, and evolve the firm's trading capabilities within one of the quant research teams. As a Quantitative Researcher, you will be embedded on a research desk, working close to the tip of the spear in a dynamic environment. This includes partnership with other researchers, traders and engineers on quantitative problem solving, trading strategy generation, back-testing, statistical analysis, and system design. Our environment of collaborative innovation and intellectual curiosity allows us to share in our victories while continually challenging ourselves to stretch the limits of our creativity. Take advantage of this opportunity to apply the scientific method to business problems as part of the Quant team at CTC! 

What You’ll Do

• Analyze market data to come up with economic and microstructure hypotheses 
• Build predictive and explanatory models to describe financial markets 
• Add revenue by applying thorough research processes to real life business problems 
• Conduct independent, high quality research in quantitative finance 
• Communicate complex ideas and research results effectively, both in writing and verbally 
• Drive innovation and results through analytical prowess and business acumen 

What We’re Looking For

• PhD in Science or Engineering fields (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Electrical Engineering) strongly preferred 
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Quantitative Researcher in a top systematic trading team 
• Demonstrable track record of generating positive PnL 
• Advanced programming skills and experience with the software development lifecycle 
• Proven ability to blend academic rigor with practical application in fast-paced trading environments 
• Unwavering commitment to quality, coupled with a drive for delivering commercial outcomes 
• Python skills including Numpy and Pandas libraries 

Nice to Haves

• Experience with a wide variety of market and alternative data  
• Expertise in US options markets, options pricing models, volatility surfaces, and risk management techniques  
• Strong track record of publications in an industry setting 

THE ROLE

We're looking for a Market Data Analyst who can bridge the worlds of trading, technology, and finance. You'll be an integral link between our traders, developers, and financial teams, ensuring we have the right market data to power our trading strategies while managing costs effectively.  

As our Market Data Analyst, you'll oversee CTC's comprehensive market data services sourced from vendors and exchanges. Your responsibilities span procurement and inventory management to budgeting and vendor relations. You'll collaborate with exchanges and internal teams across Technology, Trading, Legal, Accounting, and Procurement to optimize our data infrastructure and ensure compliance with exchange reporting requirements.  

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of financial markets and technology systems, plus the communication skills to work effectively across diverse teams. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage market data inventory, entitlements, and connectivity within CTC’s market data management system (FITS) 

• Maintain vendor contracts, services, and recurring expense records, including contract entry and inventory management 

• Partner with Accounting to reconcile market data expenses and accruals with the general ledger, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate resolutions with exchanges and vendors  

• Prepare and submit monthly usage reporting to exchanges and third‑party vendors to ensure licensing compliance 

• Provision market data access for employees, including ordering terminals, IDs, and licenses and coordinating delivery with vendors 

• Support market data vendor management and procurement activities such as contract renewals, pricing reviews, budgeting, and forecasting 

• Research vendor products and exchange changes and help improve internal Vendor Operations processes and workflows 

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, MIS, or a related field 

• 1+ years of experience in market data, vendor operations, exchange connectivity, or a related role within a financial services or trading environment 

• Interest in financial markets and technology 

• Experience with market data inventory/entitlement systems or similar platforms preferred 

• Strong analytical skills and advanced proficiency in Excel (e.g., formulas, v-lookups, pivot tables) 

• Strong communication, organization, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams  

• Highly detail‑oriented with a proactive approach to identifying inconsistencies and improving data accuracy 

We are seeking a highly motivated, technically adept Senior Trade Support Engineer. In this high-impact role, you’ll collaborate directly with traders and developers to troubleshoot critical live trading issues, manage complex incidents, and ensure the stability and resilience of production trading systems. You will be relied upon for swift problem diagnosis under pressure, rapid resolutions to minimize system downtime, and clear, concise communication across both technical and non-technical teams. This is an individual contributor role for a seasoned engineer who relishes autonomy, thrives in urgent situations, and is eager to make meaningful contributions to a cutting-edge trading operation. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Troubleshoot and resolve live trading system issues, minimizing downtime during outages and communicating status updates to stakeholders. 
• Monitor real-time production environments, respond to anomalies, and escalate as needed. 
• Automate workflows and manual processes using Linux, Python, and Bash to improve operational efficiency. 
• Collaborate directly with traders and developers to relay critical system and software issues, and assist with patching and recovery. 
• Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and knowledge-sharing materials (runbooks, FAQs, retrospectives). 
• Own incident response, follow up on lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement of support operations. 

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Advanced knowledge of Linux; strong troubleshooting experience via CLI. 
• Experience working within the options space and familiar with one core market CME-Cboe.
• Proficient in Python and Bash scripting for automation. 
• Experience querying databases (SQL, Snowflake). 
• Prior experience supporting trading systems in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment. 
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; comfortable working with technical and non-technical teams. 
• Detail-oriented with a proactive, ownership-driven approach to incident management and process improvement. 

THE ROLE 

We're seeking a Campus Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team in Chicago. In this role, you'll be a critical on-the-ground presence for CTC's campus program — serving as the primary point of contact for interns, new hires, and internal stakeholders in our Chicago office.  

You'll own the day-to-day execution of our campus recruiting efforts, from sourcing top talent and coordinating events to creating and driving marketing initiatives that elevate CTC's brand. You'll work within a small, collaborative team alongside our Director of Recruiting and Campus Program Manager, and partner closely with our Human Capital Management team and business leaders across the firm.  

We're looking for someone who is passionate about campus recruiting and marketing, thrives on the details, and is energized by being the connective thread between students, hiring managers, and our broader team. If you love the rhythm of campus recruiting and want to make a meaningful impact at a firm that values teamwork, we'd love to hear from you.  

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Events & Program Coordination  

• Plan, coordinate, and execute all campus and in-office recruiting events, student organization partnerships and company Super Days.  

• Serve as the point person in Chicago for intern and new hire onboarding and programming.  

• Manage interview scheduling and logistics during peak recruiting season (July–November).  

Sourcing & Candidate Engagement  

• Develop and execute candidate sourcing strategies to identify and engage top talent year-round using Handshake Premium and LinkedIn Recruiter.  

• Build and maintain candidate pipelines across target universities and student organizations.  

Marketing & Employer Branding  

• Contribute to and drive marketing efforts built to strengthen CTC's employer brand, including social media content, digital campaigns, and recruiting collateral. 

• Beyond the campus recruiting team, contribute to the firmwide marketing and rebranding efforts that will begin later this year. 

Relationship Management  

• Be a great partner to third-party vendors and university career center staff.  

• Collaborate with hiring managers and business partners to understand team needs and deliver a best-in-class candidate experience.  

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR 

• 2+ years of experience owning full-cycle campus recruiting, including marketing and sourcing through platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter and Handshake Premium 

• A data-driven mindset with the ability to track recruiting metrics using Excel 

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously 

• Experience in marketing, social media, or content creation in a professional role, internship, or personal project. You should have a genuine passion for using these skills to strengthen the employer brand within campus recruiting and firmwide rebranding efforts. 

• Proficiency with at least one applicant tracking system 

• Excited to be the in-office point of contact for CTC's campus program — a go-to resource for interns, new hires, and stakeholders in Chicago 

• A team-first mentality with a dedication to continuous improvement, problem-solving, and collaboration across teams 

• Bachelor's degree (all majors and concentrations welcome) 

NICE TO HAVE 

• Experience working in Greenhouse Recruiting  

• Financial services industry experience ideally in prop trading, hedge fund, and/or asset management 

Join our team as Sr. Engineer in the systematic vol trading space. Lead the development of a cutting-edge options research and trading platform that directly influences our market position and drives pnl. Bridge the gap between development, research and trading teams to deliver technical solutions that give us a market edge.

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.

We are seeking a Senior AI / ML Engineer to help define and build how CTC leverages AI across the firm. You will work closely with executive stakeholders to identify where AI creates real leverage for our engineers, quants, and traders, and then build it. The AI landscape is moving fast and the strategy needs to evolve with it — this role carries both the technical and strategic responsibility of figuring out what bets to make and executing on them. This role sits within our Developer Experience organization.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Partner with leadership to shape CTC's AI strategy as the space evolves.

• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and make informed recommendations on what to adopt, what to watch, and what to skip.

• Build and ship AI capabilities that drive real adoption across engineering, quant, and trading teams.

• Work across the firm to understand workflows, identify high-value use cases, and build tools that fit how people actually work.

• Establish sensible practices for deployment, security, and governance as the function matures.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 7+ years of engineering experience with a strong track record of building and shipping developer tools, platforms, or internal tooling that achieved broad adoption.

• Demonstrated applied experience with LLMs and generative AI; deep curiosity and strong opinions about where this space is heading.

• Python proficiency required; C++ or low-latency systems experience is a strong plus.

• Background working in demanding technical environments - proprietary trading, hedge funds, or similar settings where reliability and developer productivity directly impact the business.

• Good judgment about where AI adds value and where it doesn't, in a space that moves quickly.

• Comfort with ambiguity and working closely with senior leadership.

• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Financial sector experience strongly preferred.

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Engineering, or related field is a plus.

This high visibility role directly supports senior leadership and is pivotal in scaling and driving operational excellence for CTC’s systematic trading business. You will collaborate closely with quantitative researchers, traders, technologists, and cross functional enterprise teams to accelerate strategic initiatives - expanding product offerings, optimizing execution costs, and strengthening risk management frameworks.  

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Assist in building roadmaps, reviewing interdependencies, and help with sequencing. 
• Help team members break projects down into smaller, incremental commercial steps. Track progress and drive accountability.  
• Anticipate breaks in project plans, escalate and adjust plans as projects pivot.  
• Improve team communication by getting right stakeholders in the room, re-centering focus by summarizing current state, shepherding projects to sensible next steps and defining what good follow-ups looks like.  
• Develop solid understanding of data processes and infrastructure. Understand current and future downstream data use cases. Drive data requirements as they relate to model research use cases.  
• Help business leads drive high degree of consistency between research and production.  
• Drive cross team collaboration with other businesses and departments.  
• Assist in supporting technical upgrades to management tooling.  
• Optimize workflows: map end-to-end processes, identify bottlenecks, and recommend enhancements or new tools to enable continuous improvement.  
• Foster a high-performance culture: create a collaborative culture committed to problem solving, high quality delivery, and ongoing refinement of processes.  

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred).  
• Experience in systematic trading, quantitative / technical program management, or consulting in options/volatility strategies - or similarly complex environments.  
• Understanding of options risk (Greeks, volatility surfaces), internalization/externalization trade flows, and delta hedging fundamentals.  
• Proven track record in program and process management across engineering and trading, with expertise in OKRs, dependency mapping, and post incident analysis. 
• Exceptional communication skills - capable of producing clear, concise reporting, making decisive recommendations, and driving swift execution.  
• Adaptive problem solver with a growth mindset - able to learn from setbacks, pivot quickly, and champion continuous improvement.  
• Genuine commitment to CTC’s values of diversity, ethical excellence, and equal opportunity - thriving in a fast-moving, collaborative environment. 

Our Options Market Making Execution team is looking for a Senior Engineer to build high-performance, elegant solutions to keep CTC's options trading infrastructure fast, efficient, and competitive. You'll partner with Engineers, Traders, and Quant Researchers to develop and fine-tune execution engines and trading strategies with the goal of reducing latency, maximizing performance and improving P&L. By simplifying system management and constantly improving our options trading engines, you'll ensure our trading infrastructure remains scalable, responsive, and cutting-edge.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems that power our Options Market Making business
• Work closely with traders, quants and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner.
• Partner with other teams such as operations, option pricing, exchange connectivity to ensure your solutions seamlessly integrate into our firmwide trading infrastructure.
• Ensure operational safety and uphold the highest standards of software engineering by thoroughly testing code, following a coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices—prioritizing carefully planned, well-structured solutions over ad hoc implementations.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++
• Deep knowledge of low level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design
• Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols
• Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code
• Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion
• Experience working at a high frequency trading firm is preferred

As a Senior Engineer on the Market Data team, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring reliable and fast delivery of the market data that is foundational to our trading systems. You will build high-performance libraries and services that process vast amounts of real-time data from financial venues across the world—data that all of our trading systems depend on to make critical decisions in the timeframe of microseconds to nanoseconds. Your work will be foundational to every trading strategy we run, and your contributions will be essential to maintaining CTC's competitive edge in this fast-paced trading environment.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design and build high-performance, low-latency libraries and services that power our global trading platform
• Work closely with traders, quants and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner.
• Partner closely with other teams such as execution, low-latency and hardware to design and deliver solutions for our next-generation market data platform
• Ensure operational safety and uphold the highest standards of software engineering by thoroughly testing code, following a coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices—prioritizing carefully planned, well-structured solutions over ad hoc implementations.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++
• Experience with low-latency feed handler development, market data protocols (e.g. MDP3, ITCH)
• Deep knowledge of low level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design
• Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols
• Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code
• Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion
• Experience working at a high frequency trading firm is preferred

We are seeking an Observability Lead to own the strategy, execution, and technical direction of CTC's observability platform. In this role, you will lead a small, high-impact team responsible for the tools and systems that give our engineers, quants, and traders visibility into the health and performance of critical infrastructure and applications. This is an opportunity for a senior technologist who is passionate about building reliable, developer-friendly observability solutions and who thrives in an environment where the work directly impacts business outcomes.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Define and drive the observability roadmap, aligning platform capabilities with the needs of engineering teams, quantitative researchers, and trading operations.

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and metrics infrastructure at scale.

• Own the end-to-end developer experience of observability tooling - reducing friction, improving self-service adoption, and ensuring engineers can quickly diagnose and resolve production issues.

• Manage and grow a small team of engineers, providing technical mentorship, setting clear expectations, and fostering a culture of ownership and accountability.

• Partner with infrastructure, platform, and application teams to ensure observability is deeply integrated into the development lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response workflows.

• Establish and enforce best practices for instrumentation, SLOs, alert quality, and operational readiness across the engineering organization.

• Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches in the observability space, driving adoption where they deliver measurable value.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 8+ years of technical engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on observability, monitoring, or site reliability engineering.

• Demonstrated expertise designing, building, and operating observability platforms at scale - including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting systems; deep experience with Datadog and OpenTelemetry strongly preferred.

• Proven experience leading or managing a small engineering team, with a track record of developing talent and delivering results through others.

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, micro-services architectures, and the observability challenges inherent in complex, high-throughput environments.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and bare-metal infrastructure; understanding of the unique observability challenges across both containerized and traditional deployment models.

• Advanced programming proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, or Java; familiarity with C++ or low-latency systems is a strong plus.

• A product-oriented mindset — you think about observability as a service to internal customers and obsess over the developer experience of the tools you build.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to partner across engineering, operations, and business stakeholders.

• Financial sector experience (trading, prop trading, hedge funds) and familiarity with the demands of low-latency, high-reliability systems are strongly preferred.

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is a plus.

We are seeking an Equities Research Analyst to join our Equities Options Market Making team. This role will focus on identifying and analyzing events such as earnings, dividends, macro events, and capital structure changes that may have an impact on options pricing across US equity markets. A successful candidate will work closely with options traders to capitalize on event-driven mispricing, corporate actions, and fundamental disconnects between equity distributions and options market pricing. This position requires real-time analysis and communication in a fast-paced trading environment with 24-hour market coverage. 

What You’ll Do

• Identify, analyze and communicate the impact of events, earnings, dividends, macro events and capital structure changes on options pricing and trading strategies in real-time 
• Conduct fundamental analysis on individual equities to identify mispricing opportunities relative to options market pricing, particularly around corporate actions, convertible bonds and earnings 
• Develop proprietary tools and models to systematically identify event-driven and capital structure opportunities across global markets 
• Build workflows for keeping track and communicating market-moving news and catalysts to traders 

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience as an equity analyst, with focus on company and macro events, capital structure analysis, or options trading in a real-time environment 
• Deep understanding of corporate finance, options pricing theory, and how corporate actions affect options Greeks and volatility surfaces 
• Experience with event-driven strategies (merger arbitrage, spin-offs, dividend captures) and ability to quickly analyze earnings reports and SEC filings 
• Data-driven approach with quantitative modeling skills; experience with volatility trading and cross-asset arbitrage

We are seeking an Options Market Making Trader to further expand our coverage during Asian market hours. The trading shift runs from 4 pm - 1 am CT, with expectation to spend flexible time outside of trading on cross-shift training and strategy improvements. The role operates Sunday through Thursday with optionality for remote and/or on-site work.  

The successful candidate will begin with a training program spanning different shifts (schedule will be tailored to candidate, but potential to spend time with Chicago, Asian, and European shifts) and products including S&P, Metals, Nasdaq, Russell, and Vix options. During this training period, you will master proprietary execution, fitting, portfolio management, and post-trade analysis tools while developing a comprehensive understanding of CTC’s options trading strategies.  

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Maintain trading schedule from 4 pm to 1 am CT (with flexible time outside of trading hours for cross-shift training and strategy improvements) 
• Ensure daily production system readiness 
• Execute trading (majority electronic, some broker call around) and portfolio management  
• Perform real-time recalibration of system controls to dynamically match the trading environment 
• Effectively bridge the handoff between shifts by communicating relevant risk information, trading flows, and system issues 
• Contribute to execution improvements and strategic projects during non-trading hours 

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Minimum 2 years of options market making trading experience 
• Minimum 1 year of market making portfolio management experience  
• Interested in building longer term stability in our Asian hours operation 
• Strong operational skillset to partner with technologists on prevention and quick resolution of system issues/outages 
• Strong judgement to make trading and portfolio management decisions under pressure and with more independence given more limited shift support 
• Ability to distill influx of information to prioritize and address the most important thing at any given moment 
• Proactive communicator and self-starter who can effectively coordinate between shifts and take initiative to ensure continuous personal development 

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience in S&P, Metals, Nasdaq, Russell, or Vix options market making trading 
• Nice to have: Basic proficiency in Python programming 

Join the CTC Execution Services team as Head of Institutional Derivatives Sales and lead the establishment of our new agency options business from the ground up. You will build and manage our institutional client base, drive revenue growth, and oversee all aspects of our agency options platform. As the founding leader of this desk, you'll combine hands-on execution expertise with business development and team leadership responsibilities to establish CTC as a premier destination for institutional options trading. 

What You’ll Do

• Lead business development efforts to acquire and grow institutional client relationships, driving revenue growth through client acquisition 
• Oversee the management of complex, multi-leg, and high-volume listed equity and index options orders, ensuring best-in-class routing, execution, and reporting 
• Build out and manage the sales trading team 
• Advise clients on market conditions, execution strategies, and order types, leveraging deep market expertise to drive client satisfaction and trading volume 
• Direct trade operations, monitor open orders, and resolve discrepancies in coordination with middle office and clearing 
• Stay current on US options market structure and regulatory rules, partnering with Compliance to ensure all activity meets FINRA/SEC requirements 
• Manage client onboarding, trade reporting, and periodic business reviews to strengthen relationships 

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of senior-level experience on sales desk or agency options desk with proven institutional client track record 
• Demonstrated success in business development and client acquisition within institutional options markets 
• Advanced proficiency with trading platforms/OMS/EMS and deep understanding of options market structure and execution protocols 
• Leadership experience developing and managing trading desk personnel 
• Strong existing relationships within the institutional options community 
• Works well under pressure in a fast-paced, high-volume agency environment 
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Trading, Risk, Compliance, and Operations 
• Active FINRA Series 7, 57 and 63 licenses required; Series 4 or 24 preferred 

COMPENSATION

• Salary Range: $200-300k, plus a discretionary bonus with upside potential based on the individual’s experience and skills, business development success, and firm performance.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Quantitative Developer to join as part of our Graybox Technology department. Unlike desk-specific QD roles, our mission is to design and build modeling platforms for the entirety of our Options Market Making (OMM) business. We aim to create scalable solutions that serve all trading desks and strategies. Our primary focus is modernizing our internal modeling libraries and building comprehensive modeling platforms that enable Quantitative Researchers (QRs) across the firm to innovate rapidly. As part of this team, you will help drive our vision of creating development frameworks and tools that provide the proper environment for QRs to focus on implementing business logic. We use advanced development techniques to implement these frameworks, but provide simple and straightforward interfaces for QRs to implement new models. We aim to increase the speed of research and innovation while maintaining the robustness and performance our trading systems demand. Our team of Firmwide QDs collaborate closely with QR teams across all trading desks, as well as other engineering teams in Graybox Technology to build world-class infrastructure that unlocks innovation potential across the entire firm.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Drive the modernization of modeling libraries and related infrastructure.
• Design and implement modeling platforms that accelerate QR innovation cycles.
• Build development frameworks with guardrails that allow QRs to focus on business logic rather than engineering complexity.
• Create tools and systems that streamline the research-to-production pipeline.
• Collaborate with QR teams across all desks to understand their modeling needs and pain points.
• Partner with other Graybox Technology teams on firmwide infrastructure initiatives.
• Develop analytical libraries using foundational technology provided by our engineering teams.
• Implement and optimize numerical techniques, algorithms, and computational frameworks.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Quantitative research is a key driver of innovation at CTC and one of the pillars upon which our firm is built. We are seeking a Principal Quantitative Researcher to partner with Trading and Technology to drive new revenue, scale, and evolve the firm's trading capabilities. In this role, you will lead research areas, influencing the direction of the team in a dynamic environment. This includes partnership with other researcher managers, traders and engineers on quantitative problem solving, trading strategy generation, back-testing, statistical analysis, and system design. 

Take advantage of this opportunity to apply the scientific method to business problems as part of the Quant team at CTC! 

What You’ll Do

• Define and articulate a long-term vision that will lead to new sources of revenue, evolving with business needs and market structure 
• Conduct commercially focused revenue generating research, while supporting others with their research 
• Develop a structured roadmap and ensure quant functions remain focused, aligned, and accountable 
• Direct development of innovative infrastructure across pricing models and research platforms 
• Foster coordination across risk management, development, and quantitative research to drive measurable business impact 
• Provide thought leadership while applying academic rigor to practical trading applications  

What We’re Looking For

• PhD in Science or Engineering fields (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, Electrical Engineering) strongly preferred 
• Experience in a top systematic trading team of which at least 10 years as a quantitative researcher 
• Proven ability to conduct independent, high-quality research 
• Demonstrable track record of generating positive PnL 
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas and research results, both in writing and verbally 
• Experience with the software development lifecycle with advanced programming skills 
• Unique combination of analytical prowess, programming skills, and acute understanding of business 
• Unwavering commitment to quality, coupled with a drive for delivering commercial outcomes 
• Strong Python skills including Numpy and Pandas libraries 

Nice to Haves

• Management experience leading a healthy and empowered team, driving accountability. 
• Experience with a wide variety of market and alternative data  
• Expertise in US options markets, options pricing models, volatility surfaces, and risk management techniques  
• Strong Python skills including Numpy and Pandas libraries  
• Strong track record of publications in an industry setting 

Are you excited by the idea of applying your hardware development expertise to power ultra-low-latency trading systems? Do you want to explore new architectures that push the limits of performance and help take some of our most sophisticated trading strategies to the next level? If so, we encourage you to read on! 

At CTC, we’re looking for a Senior FPGA Engineer to join our FPGA development team to do just that and more. As a member, you'll work closely with other specialists, traders, and quants to design and build the next generation of end-to-end trading systems. While helping craft our development environment and processes, you’ll architect solutions, influence design choices across teams, and see your work translate into real-time impact. 

Responsibilities

• Partner with a skilled team to define and implement a pragmatic architectural vision with a focus on ultra-low-latency and reliability. 
• Collaborate with senior technology leaders to continuously improve our trading platform design. 
• Build a deep understanding of trading workflows, quantitative models, and system performance needs while working with a multidisciplinary team. 
• Develop an implementation roadmap in partnership with Quant and Trading to deliver incremental improvements in trading performance and long-term architectural innovation. 
• Lead design implementation efforts, contribute to team code reviews, and champion best practices around performance, logic, standard methodologies and maintainability issues to ensure code-level consistency and scalability. 

Qualifications

• Proven experience and expertise with FPGA development. 
• Advanced proficiency using HDLs, with an emphasis on SystemVerilog or VHDL. 
• Comfortable working in Python and/or C++ for developing tools, testbenches, and integrations. 
• Demonstrated understanding of computer architectures. 
• Enthusiasm for applying modern, agile design and testing practices. 

Nice to Have 

• Experience in financial markets or trading environments. 
• Knowledge of common networking protocols like TCP/UDP and multicast.