Low Latency Strategy Developer

About the opportunity: As a Low Latency Strategy Developer you will be designing and developing high frequency trading strategies in the derivative markets and related cash markets as directed from our firm’s principals and traders. To be successful at our firm, this person needs to have solid experience in high performance computing and algo strategy development in financial markets. The candidate must be a team player with strong listening skills and is willing to learn from other technical resources. We provide an informal atmosphere with strategic and focused outcomes.
Technically Speaking:  
Five + years’ experience of C/C++ programming in a Unix/Linux environment
Market Data and Order Management System Experience
Familiarity with C++11 a plus
Experience with trading applications and frameworks
Experience with simulation and testing frameworks
Description: Responsible for the coding, testing, debugging and documentation of trading strategies. Includes hands-on new development as well as enhancement, maintenance and support of existing applications. Work closely with traders and business analysts to identify and specify complex business requirements and processes. Research and evaluate alternative solutions and make recommendations.
Duties and Responsibilities: 
-Design trading systems based on input from traders
-Develop trading systems using C/C++
-Highly skilled with Unix/Linux operating systems
-Experience in high performance computing programming
-An understanding of networking and socket programming
-Developing algorithmic trading systems directed from our firm’s principals and traders
Qualifications: 
- 5+ years C/C++, OOp, STL, Multithreading, Sockets, Internals, High Availability and Shell scripting, all on a Linux platform.
- Knowledge of network protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast.
- Network troubleshooting and networked message processing.
- Development/support of mission critical applications a major plus.
- Excellent and effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Solid understanding of systems architecture and design concepts.
- Solid with data structures, STL algorithms, C++ templates and some experience with system programming.
- Experience working with open source libraries like Boost and ACE.
- Scripting language experience (eg. Python).
- Experience with relational database integration and SQL.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience with enhancing and maintaining mission-critical software in a fast-paced environment.
- Profiling and dynamic program analysis.
- Solid with data structures, STL algorithms, C++ templates and some experience with system programming.
- Experience working with open source libraries like Boost and ACE.
- Experience with relational database integration and SQL.
- B.S. in computer science or other science/Engineering degree, higher degree a plus.

Eldorado Trading Group LLC is an innovative proprietary trading firm that actively participates in capital markets all around the world. At Eldorado we firmly stick to a "work-hard/play hard" philosophy with clear recognition that the former must precede the latter.

Contact Info

  • 312 332 4959

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  • 70 W Madison Suite 2650 Chicago, IL 60602

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