Low-Latency Engineer - NYC, Chicago and Austin
Summary:
Exciting opportunity to work at a tech-centric prop trading fund which trades a wide range of financial products, with offices across the globe. Work is organized into small, project-oriented teams, each with the independence and responsibility to make decisions that impact the business.
Seeking a Software Engineer with experience in high-performance low-latency systems. You'll collaborate with quant researchers and developers, taking a holistic approach to design and optimize the fast-trading systems.
To be successful, you must have experience of low-level systems programming and optimisation. They are keen to see candidates from both finance and non-finance with experience in any programming language.
Requirements:
• Experience with low-level systems programming and optimisation, and working on network applications that require extremely low latency and high throughput
• Capable of understanding and improving application performance through hardware performance counters and other profiling tools
• Thorough understanding of modern computer architecture
• Outstanding communication skills, with fluency in English a must-have
• At least 2+ years' experience
Desirable:
• Experience with fast-packet processing in user space and common kernel-bypass implementations, e.g. Solarflare OpenOnload, TCPDirect, etc.
• Experience solving performance challenges of languages with managed runtime (e.g. Java or C#)
• Knowledge of a typed functional language
• C++ experience
Benefits and Incentives:
• Substantial and varied range of project work
• Market-leading compensation
• Exciting and enjoyable company culture, including relaxed dress code, huge emphasis on work-life balance, learning outside of the workplace
• Collaborative and innovative environment where every person has the opportunity to make a significant impact
Contact
If you feel you're a strong candidate for the role and would like further info, please contact:
Greg Leigh-Jones
gregleighjones@oxfordknight.com
+1 929-209-9585
linkedin.com/in/greg-jones-8a457011a
