full-time
Software Engineer - Trading Systems
WorldQuant
- Employer
- WorldQuant
- Location
- Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
- Working pattern
- on-site
- Salary
- $150,000–$250,000 / year
About the role
Develop low-latency, high-throughput C++ software and mission-critical infrastructure for the firm's trading platforms. Collaborate with portfolio managers to build new trading systems and adapt existing systems to the next-generation platform. Candidates need at least four years of experience writing high-performance C++, along with knowledge of modern C++, template metaprogramming, network programming, and distributed computing. Strong Unix/Linux fundamentals and understanding of data structures and algorithms are required; finance experience is preferred but not required.