Senior Options Software Engineer
Citadel SecuritiesAbout the Role
Join Citadel Securities' options market making team, tackling the unique challenge of combining scale with business complexity. With over a million listed options at the heart of billions of messages, the team handles internet-scale datasets while being constrained on hardware due to latency requirements necessitating exchange co-location, forcing innovation in algorithms and business.
- Build, maintain and support one of the world's most powerful trading platforms while continuously improving performance, functionality and stability of the system
- Design, develop, test, and deploy elegant software solutions across the firm
- Partner with business leaders to define priorities and deliver custom solutions
- Analyze complex business and technical problems
- Make sound decisions proactively and in a self-directed manner
- Provide timely systems support for trading activities
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain and support one of the world's most powerful trading platforms while continuously improving performance, functionality and stability of the system
- Design, develop, test, and deploy elegant software solutions across the firm
- Partner with business leaders to define priorities and deliver custom solutions
- Analyze complex business and technical problems
- Make sound decisions proactively and in a self-directed manner
- Provide timely systems support for trading activities
Requirements
- 5+ years of working experience
- Experience working in C++
- Experience working with distributed systems
- Sound understanding of multi-threaded application design and development
- Passion for technology and software development
- Ambition to solve open-ended problems using analytical methods
- Ability to work independently and prioritize high-impact projects
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills applicable to a dynamic trading environment
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or related field
What You'll Get
- $175k–$325k base salary
- Medical and life insurance
- Retirement and tax-free savings plans
- Access to other healthcare programs
- Discretionary incentive compensation program