The Role

Quantitative research is a key driver of innovation at CTC and one of the pillars upon which our firm is built. As a Quantitative Researcher, you’ll operate near the tip of the spear in a collaborative, dynamic environment. This includes close 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 one of our Quant teams at CTC! 

We prioritize team matching at the outset of our hiring process, thoughtfully considering which of our two teams (Vol Overlay or Delta Force) offers the best fit for each candidate’s strengths and interests while also aligning to the firm’s highest priority needs. 

What We’re Looking For   

We are seeking a Quantitative Researcher who can seamlessly blend academic rigor with practical application in our fast-paced trading environment. This individual will partner with our Trading and Technology teams to strengthen, scale, and evolve the firm's trading capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess a unique combination of analytical prowess, programming skills, and eye for business, driving innovation and results in quantitative finance. 

Responsibilities 

• 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 
• Contribute to ongoing improvement of research and trading infrastructure 

Qualifications 

• PhD in Science or Engineering fields (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or Operations Research) 
• Proven ability to conduct independent, high-quality research 
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas and research results, both in writing and verbally 
• Unwavering commitment to quality, coupled with a drive for delivering commercial outcomes. 
• Demonstrated expertise in applying quantitative modeling techniques to large, complex datasets 
• Strong track record of publications in an industry setting 
• Advanced Python programming skills 

Nice to Have 

• Proficiency in C++ 
• Experience in financial markets 
• Experience using NumPy and Pandas libraries 
• Experience with the software development lifecycle 

At Hudson River Trading (HRT), C++ is at the center of our live trading systems and research infrastructure. Our C++ engineers build the highly performant, fault-tolerant systems that power trading across global markets. HRT’s distributed system is on the Pareto frontier of latency and throughput, giving you limitless opportunity to leverage your deep knowledge of C++, OS internals, CPU architecture, and networking hardware and protocols. You’ll work side-by-side with researchers, traders, and hardware specialists, implementing solutions where every microsecond matters.

Our bottom-up approach to projects and our highly collaborative environment empower talented engineers to make significant contributions and see their impact daily. At HRT, you'll be challenged to solve complex problems in a fast-paced, highly competitive industry, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the field.

C++ Engineers at HRT work on a wide variety of projects. Examples include: 

• Develop and optimize infrastructure for market data, order entry and execution logic, spanning tens of asset classes including options, equities, futures, crypto, and fixed income. 
• Design fault-tolerant, low-latency systems for live trading, including encoding/prioritization of data over WAN links and recovery from hardware failures.
• Profile and improve performance-critical code for both throughput and latency in production environments.
• Build and maintain infrastructure that drives products including client-facing wholesale and SDP platforms, distributed network filesystems, and scalable research workflows.
• Write software that interfaces with specialized hardware such as FPGAs and ASICs used in trading systems.

Profile

• You’re one of the top devs in your current organization, as measured by productivity, technical capability, and helpfulness to other devs.
• You are capable of solving complex engineering problems independently and providing technical advice for others in areas of your expertise. 
• You can make progress on long-term architectural projects while troubleshooting smaller tasks and bug fixes with agility.
• You can describe software designs at a high level (the abstract interface), low level (step-by-step algorithm), or anywhere in between. 
• You are always looking for ways to make systems better.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of professional work experience 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
• Advanced C++ experience is required, daily use preferred
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication

The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.

The Hardware team at Hudson River Trading (HRT) creates high performance compute engines using FPGA and ASIC technology to drive low latency trading decisions on global markets. We build custom solutions across the spectrum of speed and smarts: from bespoke circuits to world-class machine learning accelerators.

FPGAs and ASICs are critical pieces of our technology stack. We are looking for talented hardware developers to architect and design complex systems on a highly collaborative global team. In this role, you'll identify efficient ways to perform on-the-fly transformations of market data and implement models with complex data structures in RTL. Deep knowledge of SystemVerilog, FPGA internals and/or ASIC primitives, computer architecture, and vendor tool suites are essential to succeeding in this role. Expertise in networking protocols, CPU design, and/or machine learning accelerators is a big plus. No financial experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to develop and deploy custom FPGA and/or ASIC solutions for a wide range of trading applications
• Investigate new technologies and tools
• Contribute to a nimble hardware development tech stack

Qualifications

• Ability to describe hardware designs at a high level, low level, or anywhere in between
• Brilliant design, optimization, debugging and problem solving skills
• Professional experience (2+ years) in RTL design for FPGA or ASIC
• Expert SystemVerilog development skills with a thorough understanding of the language 
• Expert on low level FPGA or ASIC architectures, with a deep understanding of what makes them "tick"
• Skilled in network communications, processing pipelines, and/or machine learning
• Working knowledge of Python and/or C++
• Comfortable in a Linux environment
• Strong verification experience
• Familiarity with AMD Vivado is a plus
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, and enrollment in our company’s retirement savings plans. Employees will receive sick and parental leave, as well as other paid time off (including 20 vacation days and 10 paid holidays in the US). Please note that benefits and time off policies will vary across non-US locations.

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

The Hardware team at Hudson River Trading (HRT) creates high performance compute engines using FPGA and ASIC technology to drive low latency trading decisions on global markets. We build custom solutions across the spectrum of speed and smarts: from bespoke circuits to world-class machine learning accelerators.

These high performance designs require even higher performance verification. We are looking for experienced Design Verification (DV) engineers who are skilled at writing testbenches and building verification environments to exercise complex HDL. Our ideal candidate is not only an ace tester, but a practicing toolsmith. You know the EDA landscape and want to be part of a team actively working to rethink, redesign, and surpass the status quo. For example, members of our team are active maintainers of popular open source projects such as Slang, Verilator, and Cocotb.

FPGA and ASIC verification is part of an innovative, growing team at HRT which is integral to the success of our trading. You can expect to always be challenged by the ever-changing financial markets as you work to ensure correctness and robustness of our critical hardware in an extremely fast-paced, real-time environment. No financial experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Creating testbenches and tests for our hardware platform, leveraging a hybrid open-source/proprietary, highly flexible environment
• Writing detailed verification plans
• Quickly root-cause RTL bugs
• Collaborating directly with designers for rapid bringup of new projects and debugging of existing designs
• Managing test suites and continuous integration infrastructure
• Developing and improving open-source and internal tools

Qualifications 

• Superb debug and analytical skills 
• Professional experience (2+ years) in RTL functional verification for FPGA or ASIC
• Experience with code and functional coverage collection/analysis
• Experience with SystemVerilog and industry-standard frameworks such as UVM
• Experience with Python
• Comfortable in a Linux environment
• Familiarity with Verilator and/or Cocotb preferred
• C++ experience is a plus
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field

The estimated base salary range for this position is 175,000 to 250,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.

Working as a coder at Hudson River Trading (HRT) means working on a small, highly productive, and efficient team. You may see "trading" in our name and assume you'll be relegated to some dark corner to code for the "business," but that could not be further from the truth! 

At HRT, an automated trading firm based in NYC, the code you write *is* our business, so it is everyone's job to make sure our developers have everything they need to do their jobs well.

As a member of the AI Tools team, you will be responsible for increasing productivity across the company by integrating the newest AI tools into our users’ workflows. Whether it’s for a Python developer writing a web app, a C++ developer speeding up order execution, a researcher investigating trade signals, or even Business Development meeting with vendors - we are focused on deploying what works.

This is an exciting opportunity to help build and define the AI tooling ecosystem at HRT. You will have to navigate the rapidly evolving options in this space, and adapt them to our own internal systems. You might be fixing auth one day, comparing vendors the next, and coding a new MCP the third. 

Responsibilities

• Help us develop software that improves productivity for every office and department at HRT while using the latest technologies and techniques in software engineering and the broader AI tooling ecosystem.
• HRT has many high-impact areas where we are integrating AI tools; here’s what you could work on:
• Writing a custom MCP wrapper around internal resources.
• Fine-tuning a new code completion model.
• Deploying a new coding assistant across all developer and researcher environments.
• Developing evaluations and iterating on an autonomous coding agent.
• Collaborating with security to improve AI sandboxing.
• Presenting and educating users on best practices.

Profile

• You’re one of the top devs in your current organization, as measured by productivity, technical capability, and helpfulness to other devs.
• Experience deploying and maintaining applications. You’ve managed an application from the design phase through the production phase.
• You’re comfortable with defining direction in an environment of ambiguity and uncertainty. The AI tooling space changes rapidly.
• You really like to work with people who challenge you and make you better at what you do.
• In your spare time you code, tinker, read, explore, break things, and have an insatiable curiosity for all things AI and computer-related.

Qualifications

• Completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. If you are currently pursuing your Bachelor's degree, please apply to our Campus/New Grad opportunities.
• Python experience is required, daily use of most recent standards preferred.
• C++ and JavaScript (TypeScript, React) experience a plus.
• Experience with the AI tooling ecosystem (use coding assistants/agentic workflows, ideally have built your own customizations).
• Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication.

The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.

JOB SUMMARY

The Loss Prevention Specialist is responsible for reviewing incident reports, video footage, and exception-based reporting to identify risks related to theft, customer issues, and compliance. This role supports internal investigations by analyzing data, fulfilling video requests, and documenting findings in alignment with company policies and cannabis regulations. The specialist partners with Operations, HR, and Compliance teams to resolve issues, mitigate loss, and strengthen overall controls. 

CORE JOB DUTIES 

• Review and investigate incident reports involving theft, customer issues, safety, and policy violations  

• Conduct detailed CCTV and camera footage reviews to support investigations and compliance verification  

• Fulfill and manage video request tickets from internal and external teams  

• Manage contracted security vendors ensuring coverage where required and supplemental coverages for overnight projects 

• Analyze exception-based reporting (EBR) to identify transaction anomalies, fraud, and internal risk indicators  

• Cross-reference EBR data with video footage and incident reports to build complete case findings  

• Review and document all refusal-to-serve incidents to ensure compliance with state cannabis regulations and company policies  

• Identify trends and patterns in incidents, refusals, and reporting data to proactively mitigate risk  

• Conduct internal investigations related to employee misconduct, cash handling issues, and policy violations  

• Maintain accurate, detailed, and audit-ready case documentation and investigation reports  

• Escalate significant findings and compliance risks to Risk leadership and cross-functional partners  

• Partner with Operations, Compliance, and HR to resolve investigations and improve adherence to procedures  

• Monitor camera system effectiveness and report gaps, blind spots, or technical issues  

• Support regulatory and internal audits by providing documentation, video evidence, and case summaries  

• Recommend process improvements to reduce shrink, enhance compliance, and strengthen internal controls 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SKILLS  

• Associate’s degree/Bachelor’s Degree 

• 1-3 years of relevant work experience in loss prevention 

• 1+ years exception-based reporting, guard management, remote video monitoring systems 

• Experience in a high growth and complex industry or company and must have the ability to adapt to face-paced, highly dynamic business environments. 

• Highly motivated, self-directive, innovative, and able to work independently or among teams with resourcefulness. 

• Acts with a clear sense of integrity, ownership and accountability, ensuring stakeholders are clear on the role risk management will play in support of their goals. 

• Strong business acumen including data analytics, attention to detail, excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as end-to-end project management.  

• LPQ/LPC/CFI/CPP certifications are preferred. 

• Passion for all things retail.  You bring excitement that rallies others around our vision. 

• Genuine interest in and passion for the cannabis industry is required.  

BENEFITS

Cresco Labs is proud to offer eligible employees a robust offering of benefits including, major medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(K)-match program, FSA/HSA programs, LTD/STD options, life insurance and AD&D.  We also offer eligible employees paid holidays and paid time off.  Other rewards may include annual discretionary bonuses, stock options as well as participation in our employee discount program. Benefits eligibility for permanent positions may vary by full-time or part-time roles, location, or position.

Optiver is expanding its Systematic Options Trading Team and seeking exceptional Quantitative Researchers and Traders to drive its next phase of growth. You’ll join a team at the forefront of designing and optimizing our automated systems that work autonomously or alongside our operational options traders. With significant resources, cutting-edge infrastructure, and a collaborative environment, you'll help shape the direction of our trading systems and execution models.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and refine systematic trading strategies to optimize market reactions, order placement, and execution in order to maximize trading performance
• Utilize modelling, machine learning, and other techniques to gather insights from data in this pursuit

What you’ll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are

• 3+ years of index options experience focused on systematic trading
• BS, MS, or PhD in a quantitative or technical field
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills, with a track record of applying them to trading problems
• Proficient in programming (Python, C++, or similar)
• Collaborative team player with experience working across departments and partnering closely with development
• A self-starter who identifies opportunities to make an impact

Who we are:
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Overview:

The Automated Trading Systems (ATS) team designs and builds systematic and semi-systematic trading strategies that convert pricing and risk into real-time execution on exchange. Our systems operate across extreme scales—from nanosecond-sensitive, collocated infrastructure to large-scale simulation platforms processing terabytes of data daily with deterministic precision.
Engineers work side-by-side with traders and researchers in a tight feedback loop, where ideas move rapidly from research to production. You’ll own problems end-to-end, with the autonomy to drive improvements and direct visibility into trading outcomes.

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Drive improvements to our options trading systems through hands-on engineering and cross-functional collaboration
  • Trading algorithms
  • Backtesting and research infrastructure
  • Market data and execution systems
• Partner closely with traders and researchers to iterate on and deploy strategies
• Lead and contribute to large-scale, performance-critical projects
• Mentor and develop junior engineers
• Influence technical direction and contribute to strategic decisions shaping the business

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment
• Proficiency in systems-level or performance-oriented programming (e.g., C, C++, Python, Linux)
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution
• A mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to set technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and take ownership of outcomes

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Overview:

You’ll work directly with traders to solve the core problems that drive our trading. This role is fully embedded on the desk, owning systems and workflows end-to-end across the stack—from real-time trading infrastructure to internal tools and analytics. 

Unlike more specialized roles, you’ll operate across a wide range of challenges: building new trading logic, improving existing systems, developing tools to support decision-making, and scaling infrastructure as strategies evolve. The problems are fast-moving and often ambiguous, requiring close collaboration with traders and a strong sense of ownership. 

This is a high-impact role where your work directly influences trading performance, and where success comes from quickly understanding problems, building solutions, and iterating in production.

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Work side-by-side with traders to identify, prioritize, and solve high-impact problems
• Build and maintain systems across the stack, including trading logic, infrastructure, and internal tooling
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions based on live feedback from the desk
• Take ownership of problems end-to-end: idea → design → implementation → production → iteration
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve quickly 

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution
• Proficient in systems-level programming (e.g., C, C++, Linux)
• A mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to set technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and take ownership of outcomes 

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Overview:

You’ll work on the systems and experiments that shape how we compete on exchanges. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, trading, and market microstructure research – focused on understanding what drives execution outcomes and turning those insights into production systems. 

You’ll collaborate with the team on the mandate is to understand exchange architecture end-to-end – from matching engines and order types to market data feeds and queue dynamics – and use that knowledge to design and evaluate new approaches to order placement and execution. 

Rather than purely optimizing for latency, this role is centered on research, experimentation, and iteration under uncertainty. You’ll explore ambiguous problems where the right answer isn’t known upfront, form hypotheses, and validate them through a combination of data analysis, simulation, and live experimentation. Working closely with researchers, you’ll continuously refine how we interact with markets based on real-world feedback.

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Operate in ambiguous, high-uncertainty environments, turning open-ended questions into a deep understanding of exchange microstructure
• Partner with researchers to design and run experiments that evaluate execution strategies and market behavior
• Build systems that enable rapid iteration on order placement, cancellation, and execution logic
• Translate research findings into robust production improvements
• Own the full loop: idea → experiment → analysis → implementation 

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution
• Proficient in systems-level programming (e.g., C, C++, Linux)
• A mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to set technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and take ownership of outcomes 

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Overview:

You’ll build the infrastructure and workflows that power systematic and semi-systematic trading at scale. Sitting at the intersection of research and engineering, this role enables large-scale experimentation, high-fidelity backtesting, and data-driven strategy development. 

You’ll partner closely with traders and researchers to turn ideas into measurable experiments—designing robust backtests, iterating quickly, and uncovering signal in complex datasets. The systems you build will be critical to exploring new trading strategies, refining execution logic, and supporting advanced techniques including machine learning. 

This is a highly experimental environment where progress depends on speed, correctness, and the ability to ask—and answer—the right questions.

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Build and scale high-performance backtesting and simulation infrastructure 
• Design workflows that enable rapid experimentation and hypothesis testing  
• Translate trading ideas into testable models, signals, and research pipelines  
• Ensure realism and correctness in simulations (e.g., market microstructure, latency, data quality)  
• Develop tools to analyze performance, explain behavior, and guide iteration  
• Improve the speed, reliability, and usability of the research platform  
• Own the full lifecycle from idea → backtest → analysis → production  

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution
• Proficiency in systems-level programming (e.g., C, C++, Linux)
• A mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to set technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and take ownership of outcomes 

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

The Optiver Research Platform (ORP) is a vertically integrated platform team that manages both high-performance compute infrastructure and the software platform layered on top. ORP enables Optiver’s global research teams to define and execute large-scale computational problems such as simulations and model training through streamlined orchestration of complex workflows. By owning the full stack, from datacenter hardware to distributed research tooling, ORP provides the fastest possible turnaround time for experiments and continually expands Optiver’s ability to generate insights from the markets we operate in.

What you’ll do:

• Expand the Optiver Research Platform’s capabilities by building features and improving performance across service orchestration, job scheduling, cluster management, big-data processing, and other core services that business teams directly interface with.
• Build and evolve a fully managed compute & data platform layer for improved scale & reliability in Python & Rust.
• Explore cutting-edge technologies and integrate them into Optiver’s research workflows to enhance performance and allow deriving better insights.
• Collaborate globally with Optiver business teams including traders, researchers, and engineers to push their understanding of the market to new heights.

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading large-scale engineering projects
• Strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Experience in distributed systems
• Expertise in Python is required; experience with C, C++, or Rust is a plus
• Experience working with GPUs and the CUDA ecosystem is a plus
• Ability to tackle complex technical problems at the intersection of infrastructure and research enablement
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement in a rapidly evolving environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with global researchers and engineers
• Readiness to set technical direction, promote engineering principles, and do the right thing

Who we are:

Optiver is a global market maker driven by technology. Our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Applicants may submit up to three application per calendar year across all open roles.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Overview:

You’ll work at the center of our interaction with retail order flow, building systems that decide how millions of orders are priced, routed, and executed in real time. This role sits directly alongside traders and researchers, owning problems end-to-end—from exchange connectivity and routing logic to pricing, risk checks, and monitoring. 

You’ll operate across the full stack, balancing performance, correctness, and adaptability in a fast-moving market environment. 

Technology at Optiver:

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

What you’ll do:

• Design and build real-time order routing and execution systems handling high volumes of retail flow.
• Work closely with trading and research to optimize execution quality (fill rates, slippage, speed)
• Improve resiliency, observability, and risk controls across the execution stack
• Analyze production behavior and implement data-driven improvements to routing and execution strategies
• Own systems end-to-end, from design and deployment to monitoring and iteration  

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects
• Strong computer science fundamentals and sound engineering judgment
• Ability to balance innovative thinking with practical execution
• Proficient in systems-level programming (e.g., C, C++, Linux)
• A mindset of continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to set technical direction, uphold engineering standards, and take ownership of outcomes 

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

The Optiver Research Platform (ORP) is a vertically integrated platform team that manages both high-performance compute infrastructure and the software platform layered on top. ORP enables Optiver’s global research teams to define and execute large-scale computational problems such as simulations and model training through streamlined orchestration of complex workflows. By owning the full stack, from datacenter hardware to distributed research tooling, ORP provides the fastest possible turnaround time for experiments and continually expands Optiver’s ability to generate insights from the markets we operate in.

What you’ll do:

• Expand the Optiver Research Platform’s capabilities by building features and improving performance across service orchestration, job scheduling, cluster management, big-data processing, and other core services that business teams directly interface with.
• Build and evolve a fully managed compute & data platform layer for improved scale & reliability in Python & Rust.
• Explore cutting-edge technologies and integrate them into Optiver’s research workflows to enhance performance and allow deriving better insights.
• Collaborate globally with Optiver business teams including traders, researchers, and engineers to push their understanding of the market to new heights.

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• Experience leading large-scale engineering projects
• Strong engineering instincts and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Experience in distributed systems
• Expertise in Python is required; experience with C, C++, or Rust is a plus
• Experience working with GPUs and the CUDA ecosystem is a plus
• Ability to tackle complex technical problems at the intersection of infrastructure and research enablement
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement in a rapidly evolving environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with global researchers and engineers
• Readiness to set technical direction, promote engineering principles, and do the right thing

Who we are:

Optiver is a global market maker driven by technology. Our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Applicants may submit up to three application per calendar year across all open roles.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

At Optiver we pride ourselves on being real engineers, not just coders. Our engineers work closely with traders to identify the business problems we face and determine how they should be solved. We apply a disciplined and scientific approach. We engineer simple, well-architected solutions that meet the dynamic needs of our traders. Our passion is to solve problems which really matter to the business, and we take pride in the quality of our solutions.

Hardware Engineers at Optiver build hardware-based trading systems ranging from low latency algorithms to high bandwidth computation. They are responsible for owning all aspects of the development process from ideation to implementation creating bespoke solutions to our complex trading problems. Their systems have little room for failure which add to the stability of the market, not detract from it. Working in close collaboration with software engineers and traders, hardware engineers deeply understand our trading problems and create dynamic, well-architected systems that make an impact in a matter of days and weeks rather than months and years.

What you’ll do: 

• Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high-speed hardware designs.
• Research new low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities for integration with our trading system.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team of traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.
• Leverage the best hardware available or build in-house versions to ensure our FPGAs can interface with cutting edge server hardware.
• Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors.

What you’ll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• A Bachelor’s degree in CE, EE, CS, or related technical field.
• Experience designing, coding, testing, and verifying FPGAs and/or ASICs.
• Experience coding in VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog as well as C or C++.
• Experience with RTL synthesis, writing timing, area, and other relevant constraints.
• Experience with digital simulators and self-checking test benches.
• Experience supporting post-silicon bring-up and debugging a plus.
• Ability to work closely with software developers to rapidly deliver integrated systems.

Who we are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Optiver Chicago’s culture parallels the energetic city we’re immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver’s Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Optiver Chicago is seeking a seasoned Data Architect to support and advance the data capabilities of our local research team and contribute to our broader Lakehouse architecture vision. In this role, you'll work with cutting-edge tools like Databricks, Apache Spark, and Delta Lake, translating experimental research workflows into scalable, production-grade systems.

As a critical engineering presence in Chicago, you'll directly influence local data strategy while collaborating with our Global Research and Data Platform teams. Your work will drive real-time insights, enable predictive analytics, and power decision-making across the trading lifecycle.

This role combines hands-on data engineering, cross-regional collaboration, and platform innovation—all within a high-performance, data-driven environment.

What you’ll do:

• Design, build, and maintain reliable ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark, Structured Streaming, Databricks, and our in-house high-performance tools
• Optimize and productionize research workflows with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, and performance tuning
• Collaborate with power users to develop and share reusable patterns, templates, and onboarding pathways
• Define, document, and enforce data engineering best practices
• Mentor junior engineers and drive a culture of continuous learning and DataOps excellence

What You’ll Get

• Immediate impact on the data systems powering world-class research and real-time trading decisions.
• A unique opportunity to shape Lakehouse engineering in the United States and influence global data architecture.
• High autonomy to own complex workflows and template “how-to” solutions across teams.
• Close collaboration with quant researchers and traders to unlock predictive insights and trading alpha.
• Partnership with best-in-class engineers across Chicago, Amsterdam, and Sydney.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, delivering robust pipelines at scale
• Advanced Python skills and deep experience with Apache Spark and the Databricks platform
• Familiarity with Delta Lake, streaming data systems (e.g., Kafka), and distributed compute environments
• Solid understanding of cloud-native data architectures (preferably AWS) and infrastructure cost optimization principles
• Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and modern orchestration tools
• Bonus: Experience with system-level languages (e.g., C++, Rust) and exposure to MLOps or MLflow
• Proven ability to lead projects independently and deliver outcomes in fast-paced environments
• Clear communicator who collaborates well with researchers, traders, and engineers alike
• Enthusiastic mentor and strong advocate for engineering rigor and platform scalability
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Who we are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Optiver Chicago is seeking a seasoned Data Engineer to support and advance the data capabilities of our local research team and contribute to our broader Lakehouse architecture vision. In this role, you'll work with cutting-edge tools like Databricks, Apache Spark, and Delta Lake, translating experimental research workflows into scalable, production-grade systems.

As a critical engineering presence in Chicago, you'll directly influence local data strategy while collaborating with our Global Research and Data Platform teams. Your work will drive real-time insights, enable predictive analytics, and power decision-making across the trading lifecycle.

This role combines hands-on data engineering, cross-regional collaboration, and platform innovation—all within a high-performance, data-driven environment.

What you’ll do:

• Design, build, and maintain reliable ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark, Structured Streaming, Databricks, and our in-house high-performance tools
• Optimize and productionize research workflows with a strong focus on scalability, resilience, and performance tuning
• Collaborate with power users to develop and share reusable patterns, templates, and onboarding pathways
• Define, document, and enforce data engineering best practices
• Mentor junior engineers and drive a culture of continuous learning and DataOps excellence

What You’ll Get

• Immediate impact on the data systems powering world-class research and real-time trading decisions.
• A unique opportunity to shape Lakehouse engineering in the United States and influence global data architecture.
• High autonomy to own complex workflows and template “how-to” solutions across teams.
• Close collaboration with quant researchers and traders to unlock predictive insights and trading alpha.
• Partnership with best-in-class engineers across Chicago, Amsterdam, and Sydney.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, delivering robust pipelines at scale
• Advanced Python skills and deep experience with Apache Spark and the Databricks platform
• Familiarity with Delta Lake, streaming data systems (e.g., Kafka), and distributed compute environments
• Solid understanding of cloud-native data architectures (preferably AWS) and infrastructure cost optimization principles
• Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and modern orchestration tools
• Bonus: Experience with system-level languages (e.g., C++, Rust) and exposure to MLOps or MLflow
• Proven ability to lead projects independently and deliver outcomes in fast-paced environments
• Clear communicator who collaborates well with researchers, traders, and engineers alike
• Enthusiastic mentor and strong advocate for engineering rigor and platform scalability
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Who we are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Optiver is seeking Quantitative Researchers to join our High-Frequency Trading (HFT) Team, where we run fully automated trading strategies powered by Machine Learning. As part of this high-impact, collaborative team, you’ll play a key role in developing, improving, and executing trading strategies, directly shaping our research and execution pipeline.

What you'll do:

• Conduct alpha, signal, and feature research, developing models to enhance predictions and improve trading algorithms
• Collaborate with peers to review research, solve complex problems, and refine trading strategies
• Optimize research workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Contribute to strategic discussions, helping shape the future direction of the business

What you'll get:

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• 2+ years of quantitative research experience on a successful futures/equities trading team
• Proven track record of developing profitable trading strategies, with strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Experience in computationally intensive research
• BS, MS, and/or PhD in a quantitative or technical field
• Proficiency in programming languages (C++, C, Python, Java)
• A highly collaborative team player, valuing diverse perspectives and building strong partnerships
• A self-starter who takes initiative, sets ambitious goals, and proactively identifies opportunities for impact

Who we are:
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilising the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritise safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Optiver is growing our Systematic Volatility Trading team and looking for an exceptional Quantitative Researcher to join us in the early stages. This is a rare opportunity to help define the direction of a fully automated options trading strategy, leveraging cutting-edge research to drive performance and profitability.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and refine alpha-driven strategies for fully automated options trading
• Research and implement novel signals, models, and execution techniques to optimize trading performance
• Play a key role in shaping the future of the team

What you’ll get:

• The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
• A highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Who you are:

• 4-5+ years of quantitative research experience, focused on alpha generation in equity or index options
• BS, MS, and/or PhD in a quantitative or technical field
• Strong individual contributor who thrives in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
• Strong programming and data analysis skills (Python, C++, or similar)
• Ability to think differently, challenge assumptions, and identify unique trading opportunities
• Excited to be an early-stage team member, helping to build and scale a world-class systematic vol trading effort

Who we are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Optiver is looking to add FPGA Engineers to its Automated Trading Systems (ATS) team. ATS solve a variety of problems with high degrees of difficulty: managing scarce bandwidth resources, responding to market events with extremely low latency, and automatically pricing diverse sets of financial instruments with near-zero error tolerance. We build systems with little room for failure which add to the stability of the market, not detract from it. These systems must be simple, flexible, and well-architected so they can quickly be changed to meet the dynamic needs of our traders. We already have a team of great engineers, but we need more.

Optiver Hardware Engineers:

• Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high speed hardware designs.
• Research new low-latency techniques and identify opportunities for integration with our trading system.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team of traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.
• Leverage the best hardware available, ensuring our FPGAs can interface with cutting edge server hardware.

What you'll need:

• A Bachelor’s degree in CE, EE, CS, or related technical field
• Experience designing FPGAs in VHDL or Verilog. We use VHDL.
• Experience coding in VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, C, or C++
• Experience with digital simulators and self-checking test benches a plus
• Ability to work closely with software developers to rapidly deliver integrated systems.

Who we are:

Optiver is a tech-driven trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates.

Based in ‘The Domain’ neighborhood, Optiver’s Austin office serves as the firm’s innovation nucleus, with a strong focus on quantitative research, software and hardware engineering initiatives. With tech innovation an integral part of our core business, the booming city proved an ideal backdrop for our heavy investment into machine learning, research infrastructure and big data computing. What’s more, with world-class music, food and art scenes, as well as countless scenic outdoor activities, the quality of life for Austin Optiverians is second to none.

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.

Responsibilities of the Security Director include but are no limited to:

• Manage a team of Security Officers, Site and Shift Supervisors including hiring/selection, scheduling, payroll, training, coaching, development and support.
• Ensure the client site is provided with high quality security services to protect people and property.
• Build, improve and maintain effective relationships with both client and employees 
• Coordinate necessary support services to effectively manage client site to meet or exceed financial and operational goals and provide quality customer service
• Handle any escalated security issues or emergency situations appropriately
• Conduct annual reviews for on site staff.
• Monitors the quality of staff performance including review of disciplinary actions, recommendations for suspension or termination as well as ensuring a regular performance appraisal program for all staff 
• Coordinates and documents performance tracking of all staff personnel
• Maintain and ensure the integrity of personnel files and workforce management systems working with Account/Operations Managers and HR department, as necessary
• Support HR department in review of involuntary terminations including coordinating and conducting exit interviews, assisting with unemployment claims, union grievances and appeals
• Supports Portfolio Managers and HR in hiring, training and on-boarding
• Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities and account trends
• Responsible for tracking company equipment in the field including technology, vehicles, etc. and ensuring company equipment is utilized in accordance with applicable policies
• Stays current on federal, state and local CBA guidelines relative our services
• Supports the organization’s culture, processes, practices and systems to ensure that company and its clients
• Prepare correspondence and memos as needed

Qualifications/Benefits:

Education and/or Experience: Degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Management or related field and/or equivalent experience/education preferred. Minimum of seven years of managerial and policy making experience in the law enforcement or contract security field. Experience level to include extensive internal contacts within the local law enforcement community. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Ability to obtain a valid PERC. Professional Certifications in Security Management; CPP or similar certifications preferred. Computer Skills: Ability to create and manage budgets, budget variance reports and other reports in Excel. Experience with workforce management systems and scheduling systems preferred.

Language Skills: Must have the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Bi-lingual considered a plus. Must possess excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, financial and time management skills with the ability of concisely and effectively address questions while providing subject matter expertise on policy to ownership and management.

Other Qualifications: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities. Ability to pass pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check. Strong qualitative and quantitative skills. Self-starter with the ability to manage time effectively, establish workflow priorities and work independently with high attention to detail. Ability to start, cultivate and maintain strong relations and work in a team environment. Prior employment history demonstrating the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment while managing multiple tasks and priorities, and producing accurate results in a highlyorganized manner. Must maintain a working telephone number through which we can contact you.

Physical Demands: The physical demands are based on the contract and must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. A list of these job duties is inclusive of, but not limited to: candidates must be able to stand for extended periods of time; be able to lift, push, and/or pull at least 50 lbs.; be able to accommodate foot patrols on the interior & exterior of the assigned facility; be able to perform assigned duties regardless of inclement weather.

Pay and Benefits of the Security Director:

• Salary $100K-105K
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Opportunities for career growth and promotion
• Skills-enhancing training

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As part of a lean Business Team, you’ll work directly with a range of functions and their leads to design, optimize and execute tools and processes for business operations and business development. You will also be responsible for both internal and external communication to partners and vendors regarding our business compliance and trading operations. 

You’ll conduct research to help evaluate new business opportunities, and build dashboards, predictive models, and other tools to inform data-driven business decisions. 

COMPENSATION – Competitive salary, plus quarterly bonus based on individual performance and contribution towards success of others and the firm.

Qualifications
We’re looking for highly analytical people with 0-5 years of experience who want to help build the research-driven trading firm of the future. The individual wants to help manage our business operations for the existing business (research, technology, and operations) functions by improving communication, code and any other necessary elements.

To do that, you’ll need the following qualities:

• Proficient at data mining, extraction and organization of raw format data from various sources such as accounting systems, gitlab, and more. Experience, or a desire to learn, Tableau & other user interface tools that require data-input and entries is helpful as well.
• Proficient in Python coding, especially in scripting and automation
• Technically capable in other areas of computing, such as algorithmic design in C++ or has a strong desire to become proficient in it. 
• Detail oriented and can easily identify key influencing factors; able to quickly retain historical highlights to focus on future improvements.
• Results driven: able to drive tasks to completion in a timely manner.
• Ability to multitask: iterate quickly towards a better solution while not dropping the ball on other concurrent functions.
• Analytical: ability to understand the full scope and depth of the issue, able to solve for the long-term.
• Strong self-awareness and high emotional intelligence to assist with interpersonal and communication improvements. 
• Must work well independently

Titan Security is currently recruiting for Director of Security at a public venue. The ideal candidate has experience that includes interaction with the local Chicago law enforcement community to work at an iconic cultural institution located in the Central Business District. The individual will work with onsite management, City of Chicago officials, and the contracted security staff to maintain all aspects of physical, personnel and visitor security and life safety. This position will manage all aspects of emergency preparedness including implementation, training and drills. We are seeking a customer-focused and results-oriented professional who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities:

• Manage contracted security staff operations and enforce security contract standards, policies and procedures.
• Create and promote a positive and proactive work environment.
• Develop and implement short and long-range plans for personnel and guest safety, as well as asset protection.
• Implement safety protocols, including emergency preparedness plans, bomb threat plans and disaster response procedures, and train staff on responses.
• Assist with development and implementation of all evacuation ordinance requirements, including fire and life safety teams, emergency evacuation/fire drills, safety training for employees, emergency manuals, signage, etc.
• Oversee the management of all regulatory compliance with City, State, OSHA, Licensing and NFPA standards impacting the property’s operations.
• Manage, review and update all compliance mechanisms such as audits, inspections, reports and documentation.
• Establish and enforce protocols for property’s security operations and controls, property removal and after-hours facility access.
• Monitor and oversee security system integration, access control, life safety systems and radio communications. Candidate should be proficient in modern security system technology, such as electronic access control systems and central station monitoring systems and CCTV systems with digital recording.
• Respond to and provide assistance with reported medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, intrusion alarms or elevator entrapments, following established emergency response procedures.
• Respond to and manage any extenuating circumstances should they arise, including potentially aggressive protestors.
• Conduct internal investigations and prepare written reports and documentation on investigative findings and processes. File police reports on behalf of building management.
• Review and report on all threats, risks, intel, investigations and any ongoing issues, providing recommendations for corrective action and/or mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate, recommend and implement programs that continually improve security service levels.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and new developments within the security industry and implement where applicable.
• Network with law enforcement organizations (IACP, FBI, and local police departments) and security industry associations (ASIS).
• Work collaboratively with external groups such as Federal, State and Local law enforcement and emergency services, as well as internally with management, ownership, facilities and legal departments.
• Monitor the quality of contracted security staff performance including the review of disciplinary actions, as well as ensuring a regular performance appraisal program is executed for all staff including security site supervisors, shift supervisors, assistant supervisors and security officers.
• Consult with and assist the security contractor on scheduling shift assignments.
• Supervise and ensure compliance of training programs for security officers and supervisors.
• Coordinate and work with security vendors to manage costs associated with security and safety technology.
• Provide management with quarterly reports and annual audits of the security program.
• Review shift reports, logs and work orders on a daily basis, responding appropriately and ensuring accuracy in logging procedures. Follow up with management on any security-related issues or concerns.
• Oversee employee, contractor and vendor building access and deliveries, addressing any situations that arise.
• Coordinate and direct private/special event security activities on site for management, DCASE and city.
• The overview outlined above, is considered a core list of job duties/requirements for the role of the Director of Security. This overview should not be considered a complete or comprehensive list. The Director of Security is also expected to adapt to changes and/or additions as needed to secure the physical property and the service expectations of the owner, management and employees.

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience: Degree in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Management or related field and/or equivalent experience/education preferred. Minimum of seven years of managerial and policy making experience in the law enforcement or contract security field. Experience level to include extensive internal contacts within the local law enforcement community.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Ability to obtain a valid PERC. Professional Certifications in Security Management; CPP or similar certifications preferred.

Computer Skills: Ability to create and manage budgets, budget variance reports and other reports in Excel. Experience with workforce management systems and scheduling systems preferred.

Language Skills: Must have the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Bi-lingual considered a plus. Must possess excellent communication (oral and written), organizational, financial and time management skills with the ability to concisely and effectively address questions while providing subject matter expertise on policy to ownership and management.

Other Qualifications: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.  Ability to pass pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check. Strong qualitative and quantitative skills. Self-starter with the ability to manage time effectively, establish workflow priorities and work independently with high attention to detail. Ability to start, cultivate and maintain strong relations and work in a team environment. Prior employment history demonstrating the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment while managing multiple tasks and priorities, and produce accurate results in a highly-organized manner. Must maintain a working telephone number though which we can contact you.

Physical Demands: The physical demands are based on the contract and must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  A list of these job duties is inclusive of, but not limited to: candidates must be able to stand for extended periods of time; be able to lift, push, and/or pull at least 50 lbs.; be able to accommodate foot patrols on the interior & exterior of the assigned facility; be able to perform assigned duties regardless of inclement weather. 

Salary & Benefits: Base salary: $100k - 110K based on experience plus discretionary year-end bonus, paid vacation and personal days, medical insurance, dental insurance, life and AD&D insurance, optional life and AD&D insurance, paid holidays, and 401(k). Skills-enhancing training and opportunities for career growth and promotion.

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How This Role Makes a Difference

Description

Our Software development team designs and builds low-latency systems that allow us to trade a diverse set of instruments across a wide range of financial marketplaces. This smaller, focused team comes with a high degree of responsibility and ownership. Our systems aim to be clean and understandable while achieving low latency and robust error tolerance. The libraries you work on will become the engine of our firm’s strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network connectivity, market data, and execution libraries for our automated trading software platform
• Work closely with our strategy teams to understand how they consume the software you write, so that you can anticipate and deliver future improvements
• Leverage libraries you've worked on to facilitate backtesting and post-trade analysis of our trading strategies
• Tune and refine existing components to improve performance, flexibility, and stability 
• Tools: C++, Python, Bash, Linux, SQL

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or technical field, plus five years of experience in software engineering, or a Master’s degree in a quantitative or technical field, plus three years of experience in software engineering 
• 2-3 years of previous experience with implementing low-latency connectivity at any major exchange in C++
• Strong knowledge of engineering software systems for low latency
• Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
• Passion for the trading industry and interest in interfacing with multi-disciplinary trading teams
• Proficiency in C++, multithreading, IPC, automated testing and benchmarking, lock-free data structures, Linux, Solarflare network stack
• Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting, SQL, Gitlab CI/CD preferred
• This position requires physical presence and is on-site (no remote work)

Description

Our Software development team designs and builds low-latency systems that allow us to trade a diverse set of instruments across a wide range of financial marketplaces. This smaller, focused team comes with a high degree of responsibility and ownership. Our systems aim to be clean and understandable while achieving low latency and robust error tolerance. The libraries you work on will become the engine of our firm’s strategies.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sr. Software Developers to assist and learn all facets of software development applied to the automated trading business
• Develop, code, maintain, and support production-quality automated components for global proprietary trading
• Develop expertise in software development principles, C++, and high-performance automated trading systems
• Collaborate with technology, software, trading, business, and accounting/finance teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or technical field
• Passion for software and math applied to markets and trading
• Strong understanding of computing, math, probability, statistics, and finance is also preferred
• Programming proficiency and experience (C++, Python). Linux scripting is a plus
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
• This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)

Title: Security Design & Integration Manager, Americas

Location: Preferred: Denver, CO | Alternatives: Chicago, IL or Portland, OR

Travel: Up to 50% across North and South America; occasional global travel as required, including short notice

The Manager, Security Design & Integration, Americas is responsible for security design delivery and systems integration across EdgeConneX data centers in North and South America. This role supports end-to-end execution of physical security design, integration, implementation support, and commissioning readiness for new builds, expansions, and upgrades. The position partners closely with internal project teams and external integrators to ensure consistent deployment of EdgeConneX standards and customer security requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own physical security design delivery for assigned projects from early design through commissioning and turnover.
• Define project security requirements and acceptance criteria aligned to EdgeConneX standards and customer expectations.
• Review and approve security designs and submittals produced by integration partners, including access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, intercoms, and related field devices.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Construction, Information Technology, and Security Operations on system interfaces, dependencies, and schedule constraints.
• Validate installation and configuration quality through quality checks, site walks, and commissioning reviews.
• Drive closure of design gaps, defects, and punch items, including verification of corrective actions.
• Maintain documentation quality, including design drawings, as-built records, test results, configuration records, and turnover packages.
• Provide estimating and budgeting inputs for physical security systems when requested.
• Improve standards, templates, and repeatable design patterns to reduce rework and improve consistency across the portfolio.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong technical understanding of physical security systems and integration methods.
• Ability to evaluate designs quickly, identify gaps, and make practical decisions under delivery pressure.
• Strong vendor management: sets expectations, enforces baseline requirements, and holds delivery partners accountable.
• Clear communicator who can translate technical requirements into simple, executable direction for integration partners and internal project teams.
• Disciplined execution: tracking, documentation, follow-through, and closure.
• Comfortable operating across multiple sites and stakeholders without losing attention to detail.

Experience/Education

• 5+ years’ experience in physical security design, systems integration, or physical security program delivery.
• Experience supporting critical infrastructure environments, with data centers strongly preferred.
• Experience working with technical drawings and standard construction deliverables such as submittals, requests for information, and as-built documentation.
• Experience with LenelS2, Lenel, or Genetec strongly preferred.
• Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), or equivalent certification preferred, or willingness to pursue.

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.

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.

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. 

Description

TMG is seeking an Experienced Mid-Frequency Quantitative Researcher / Trader with a track record of success to lead an entrepreneurial initiative in this area at the firm. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading systems and algorithms, utilizing languages such as C++, Python, and Java
• Minimum of 4 years working experience in software development, preferably within a large distributed computing or systematic trading environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or quantitative field
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting quickly to changing priorities and demonstrating flexibility in handling various tasks and projects

COMPENSATION

• Salary Range: $145,000 - $225,000, plus a discretionary bonus.
• The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individuals skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance. 

Description

Our Algorithmic Traders use their expert understanding of the financial markets and market microstructure to develop relative value arbitrage trading software and build and improve trading strategies. Our Senior Traders benefit from the resources and scale that our group can provide with its strong team and robust capital base to grow your effective trading strategy to the next level. The ideal candidate will have proven success and discipline in their trading strategies, excellent risk assessment and management, and strong proficiency and experience in applying programming skills in a fast-paced environment (C++, Python, Linux scripting).

Responsibilities

• Maintain expertise in market microstructure, tick data, and automated trading systems
• Build and maintain trading quantitative model tools and analytics
• Develop, code, maintain and support production quality automated trading softwares and strategies
• Improve strategies and trade execution by performing post trade analyses and developing prediction models.
• Manage a small group of dynamic Junior Traders and guide research and trading software development projects
• Mentor Junior Traders and promote their learning on the desk
• Help steer recruitment initiatives to advance the growth and development of the team

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in a technical field or pertinent industry experience
• Minimum five (5) years of work experience in the trading industry
• Programming proficiency and experience (C++, Python)
• Proficiency and experience in Linux scripting are a plus
• Passion for math and software applied to markets and trading
• Expert understanding of computing, math, probability, statistics, and finance
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work within a team in a fast-paced environment
• This position requires physical presence and is onsite at our office in Chicago, IL

Description

Our Quantitative Traders are passionate about improving the global economy by facilitating risk transfer and restoring order to prices. At TransMarket Group, you will be called on to work with teammates to eliminate inefficiencies and manage risk in the world’s financial markets. 

As a Junior Trader, you will gain early exposure to real time trading in order to develop situational awareness and a deep understanding of the market. In collaboration with Senior Traders and development through our formalized education program, you will have the scope to utilize risk management and strategic thinking skills to guide trades and explore new trading opportunities. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, strives for continual improvement, has a disciplined appetite for risk, and is dedicated to mastering their market. 

Responsibilities

• Partner with Senior Traders to assist in and learn all facets of trading
• Develop expertise in relative value market fundamentals, quantitative modeling, and risk management
• Build and maintain quantitative model tools and analytics
• Manage real-time execution of semi-automated trading system
• Learn and analyze real-time trades
• Research and improve upon trading strategies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in a technical or industry related field such as, but not limited to, mathematics, statistics or mathematical finance with a graduation date between December 2025 and Spring 2026
• Required coursework: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Probability or Advanced Statistics 
• Minimum major GPA of 3.5/4 or equivalent scale
• Proficiency in Python required and some experience with C++ and other computer programming languages preferred
• Demonstrated passion for markets, finance, and trading such as, but not limited to personal trading, participation in trading competitions, attendance at firm discover days, industry related student groups or clubs and/or prior internship experience preferred 
• Deep understanding of finance, math, and statistics
• Attention to detail and the ability to make sound judgments under pressure
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Ability to work in a fast paced and collaborative environment
• This position requires physical presence and is onsite at our office in Chicago, IL

View our resources to help prepare for the interview process.

Description

Our Algorithmic Traders use their expert understanding of the financial markets and market microstructure to develop relative value arbitrage trading software and build and improve trading strategies. As a Junior Algorithmic Trader, you will have the opportunity to experience relative value arbitrage trading paired with innovative software. You will partner with Senior Traders to assist and learn all facets of automated trading. From researching and analyzing high-frequency tick data and trading performance, to building mathematical models and performing time series analysis, you will experience a deep dive into real-time trading and gain exposure to build your expertise. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, technically analytical, and has the desire to learn and apply programming skills in a fast-paced environment (Python, C++). 

Responsibilities

• Work with Senior Algorithmic Traders to assist and learn all facets of automated trading
• Develop expertise in market microstructure, tick data, and automated trading systems
• Learn and master object-oriented programming languages (C++ and Python)
• Build and maintain trading quantitative model tools and analytics
• Develop, code, maintain and support production quality automated trading softwares and strategies
• Improve strategies and trade execution by performing post trade analyses and developing prediction models

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in a technical field such as but not limited to STEM or Finance with a graduation date between December 2024 and Spring 2025 or 1-2 years pertinent industry experience 
• Required courses: Data structures, Probability, Statistics and Linear Algebra
• Minimum major GPA of 3.5/4 or equivalent scale
• Proficiency and experience in object-oriented programming languages, C++, Python and/or Java preferred 
• Proficiency and experience in Linux scripting are a plus
• Demonstrated passion for markets, finance, and trading such as, but not limited to personal trading, participation in trading competitions, attendance at firm discover days, industry related student groups or clubs and/or prior internship experience preferred 
• Project or internship experience in data analysis, quantitative modeling and/or machine learning
• Passion for math and software applied to markets and trading
• Strong understanding of computing, math, probability, statistics, and finance
• Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work within a team in a fast-paced environment
• This position requires physical presence and is onsite at our office in Chicago, IL

View our resources to prepare for the interview process

Job Title: Visual Systems Engineer (CCD Engineer) 
Location: Manteno, IL  
Job Type: Full-Time 

Job Summary: 
Gotion is seeking a Visual Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain vision systems utilizing Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) technology for our 40GW battery cell manufacturing facility in Illinois. This role will focus on developing and optimizing imaging solutions to ensure precision, quality, and efficiency in battery cell production processes. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in CCD-based systems to support automated inspection, defect detection, and process monitoring. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design and integrate CCD-based vision systems for quality control, including inspection of battery cell components (e.g., electrodes, welds, and casings). 

• Develop algorithms and software to process and analyze images captured by CCD cameras for real-time defect detection. 

• Collaborate with robotics and automation teams to align vision systems with robotic workflows (e.g., guiding robotic arms or verifying assembly accuracy). 

• Calibrate and maintain CCD equipment to ensure consistent performance in a high-volume manufacturing environment. 

• Troubleshoot vision system issues and implement improvements to enhance accuracy and reliability. 

• Ensure vision systems meet safety and industry standards for battery manufacturing. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optics, or a related field. 

• 3+ years of experience working with CCD technology or vision systems, preferably in manufacturing or industrial settings. 

• Proficiency in image processing software and programming languages (e.g., OpenCV, Python, C++). 

• Experience with integrating vision systems into automated production lines. 

• Strong understanding of optics, lighting, and sensor technologies. 

• Knowledge of battery manufacturing or precision assembly processes is a plus. 

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $80k - $120k + 15% bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.