Software Engineer - Automated Trading Systems
OptiverAbout the Role
As a member of the Core Software Team, you will provide the rock-solid software backbone on which the business relies every single day, and define the technical arena in which the trading-focused development teams continue to innovate. You will be challenged on your technical knowledge and skills, as well as your capacity for producing simple and elegant solutions in face of an incredibly fast-paced and ever-changing business environment. You'll work closely with Trading Teams to explore ideas and establish new directions, building and maintaining an outstanding suite of reliable, high-performing systems and applications that operate at peak efficiency in extreme market conditions.
Requirements
- A Software Engineer with a genuine and deep desire to write clean and correct code, combined with a strong interest in delivering architectural and strategic solutions, topped off with a considerable dose of realistic and sustainable pragmatism allowing you to simply get things done
- 4+ Years of experience (doesn't require experience in Finance)
- A solid grasp of computer science, knowing your algorithms, memory and concurrency models, CPU-architecture, operating systems and relational databases etc
- As our main body of software is written in C++ and runs on Linux, you will either need to have extensive experience in this language and platform or be more than willing to learn on the job
- You are expected to be willing and able to learn new languages quickly
- We are looking for both senior and junior brilliant minds
What You'll Get
- A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool.
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
- 25 paid vacation days and fully paid first-class commuting expenses.
- Training opportunities and discounts on health insurance.
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast and lunch, world-class barista coffee, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks, and weekly in-house chair massages.
- Competitive relocation packages and visa sponsorship where necessary for expats.