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C++ Senior Engineer - Options Market

United States, Chicago 200000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted March 22, 2026
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Build high-performance, elegant solutions to keep CTC's options trading infrastructure fast, efficient, and competitive. Partner with Engineers, Traders, and Quant Researchers to develop and fine-tune execution engines and trading strategies with the goal of reducing latency, maximizing performance and improving P&L. Simplify system management and constantly improve our options trading engines to ensure our trading infrastructure remains scalable, responsive, and cutting-edge.

Job Responsibility

  • Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems that power our Options Market Making business
  • Work closely with traders, quants and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust manner
  • Partner with other teams such as operations, option pricing, exchange connectivity to ensure your solutions seamlessly integrate into our firmwide trading infrastructure
  • Ensure operational safety and uphold the highest standards of software engineering by thoroughly testing code, following a coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices—prioritizing carefully planned, well-structured solutions over ad hoc implementations

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a production environment using modern C++
  • Deep knowledge of low level systems programming, optimization, and hardware/software co-design
  • Strong fundamentals in computer architecture and networking protocols
  • Experience writing multithreaded and distributed systems with an affinity for delivering clean, performant code
  • Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion

Nice to have

Experience working at a high frequency trading firm is preferred

What we offer

  • Generous time off
  • Insurance coverage
  • Paid parental leave
  • Free breakfast and lunch
  • Healthy snacks
  • Wellness reimbursement
  • A variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience
  • Annual discretionary bonus
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