Software Engineer - Trading Systems

New York OR Chicago OR Austin OR Old Greenwich

World Quant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

World Quant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

World Quant is seeking exceptional C++ developers to join our front office development team to further enhance and build our next generation trading platforms.

• Write low latency, high throughput C++ code
• Implement mission critical trading infrastructure
• Work with portfolio managers to implement new trading systems
• Adapt existing systems to our next generation trading platform

• A minimum of 4 years of writing high performance C++
• C++ template meta programming knowledge
• Possess in-depth knowledge of network programming and distributed computing
• Strong knowledge of Unix/Linux fundamentals
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Finance experience is preferred but not required

Chicago, NYC, CT, or Austin

• Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
• twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,three personal days, and ten sick days.
• Perks:
  Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
• Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
• Employee resource groups

World Quant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations. When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

$150,000 – $250,000 USD.