Senior C++ Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
What you'll do:
- Design, implement, and optimize low-latency C++ applications for trading strategy execution.
- Collaborate closely with traders and other engineers to translate ideas into robust, production-ready systems.
- Conduct diagnostic assessments and perform foundational data analysis to identify key issues, enabling data-driven prioritization of tasks and resources.
- Modify inter-application behaviors and component interactions in a safe, testable, and controlled manner.
- Rewrite complicated Java applications into C++
- Optimize production code and other system components to achieve low-latency and high-throughput capabilities.
Qualifications and skills:
- 5+ years of experience at an options market making firm
- Strong proficiency in modern C++
- Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency)
- Strong debugging, profiling, and performance-tuning skills
- Comfortable working in a Linux environment and familiar with system-level programming
- Possess strong intuition for selecting sensible default behaviors and parameter values
- Ability to translate business goals and ideas into scalable production code
Why Edgehog:
- Small team advantage: Direct access to founders and senior team members from day one
- Ownership early: Manage real P&L and make meaningful impact within your first year
- Cutting-edge tech: Work with our proprietary models and low-latency trading systems built in-house
- Tight feedback loops: Monthly 1-on-1s with your mentor, quarterly reviews with leadership
- Chicago-based: Affordable cost of living, vibrant trading community
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with premiums 100% covered by the firm
- 401(k) with a 4% company match
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave
- Free lunch, coffee, drinks, and snacks
- Commuter benefits
- Monthly happy hours and annual team events
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Base salary represents just one part of overall compensation; all full-time, permanent roles are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including items in the above list.
The base salary for this role is 150,000 - 175,000 USD per year