full-time
Trading System Engineer - HCM
XCapital Technology
- Employer
- XCapital Technology
- Location
- New York
- Working pattern
- on-site
About the role
Build and scale low-latency trading infrastructure, including market data and execution systems, risk checks, backtesting and simulation frameworks, and automated research pipelines. Support high-frequency strategies, productionize and monitor deployments, and optimize system performance and reliability. Requires strong Python programming and software engineering skills, including Linux, Git, and testing, along with experience in trading systems, systematic strategies, or quantitative research infrastructure. Candidates should understand common backtesting pitfalls and be able to collaborate with traders and quantitative researchers to build production systems.