Senior Software Engineer

Who We Are

Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create.

TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise.

Description

Our Core Team designs and builds low latency systems that allow us to trade a diverse set of instruments across a wide range of Exchanges and ECN’s. Our systems try to hit the sweet spot between clean and understandable code, low latency performance, stable behavior, and zero error tolerance. The libraries you work on will become the engine of our firm’s strategies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network connectivity, specialized container, market data, and execution libraries for our automated trading software platform


• Tune and refine existing components to improve performance and increase stability


• Work closely with our strategy teams to understand how they are consuming the libraries you write, so that you can anticipate and deliver future improvements


• Develop and support production quality components using the libraries you’ve worked on to facilitate data collection and back testing of our trading strategies


• Maintain existing applications and exchange connectivity


• Tools: C++, Python, Bash, C#, Linux, SQL, network programming

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, Bioinformatics, or Technology plus two years of experience in software engineering OR Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics, Bioinformatics, or Technology plus five years of experience in software engineering


• Must have previous experience with implementing exchange connectivity at any major Exchange


• Experience working on or closely with an algorithmic trading strategy team is a plus, as is experience designing or working with systems designed to backtest trading strategies


• Proficiency in C++, Multithreading, IPC, Automated testing and benchmarking, Low latency containers, Linux, OnLoad network stack


• Python and/or Bash scripting, SQL, C#, CI/CD pipelines in Gitlab preferred


• This position requires physical presence and is onsite (no remote work)

Benefits

We offer one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry because we believe our employees should be able to take part in our rapid growth and success. We are proud to offer more world-class benefits for our full-time employees and their families.

TransMarket Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.