Sr. Low Latency Engineer

Hybrid – Chicago Preferred | Also Open to New York City

A cutting-edge fintech company is building a next-generation prediction market platform in partnership with leading global brokerage and trading firms. The platform is focused on creating scalable, market-driven forecasting infrastructure that transforms how organizations generate insight and make decisions.

We are seeking a Sr. Low Latency Engineer to help develop the high-throughput matching engine and clearing systems powering the core trading infrastructure.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineer passionate about ultra-low-latency systems, distributed architecture, and solving complex performance challenges at scale.

• Design and build core exchange and clearing infrastructure
• Develop features within:
  • matching engines
  • order management systems
• Build ultra-low-latency messaging architectures using:
  • Aeron
  • Hydra
  • or similar frameworks
• Develop customer-facing APIs using:
  • FIX
  • REST
  • Web Socket
• Build fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging:
  • Kafka
  • in-memory processing
• Collaborate closely with Staff Engineers on architecture and technical direction
• Improve scalability, latency, reliability, and system performance
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in production support and on-call rotations

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• concurrency
• memory management
• performance optimization
• Experience building:
  • high-throughput messaging systems
  • scalable backend infrastructure
• Experience with:
  • Kafka
  • microservices
  • REST APIs
  • Web Socket APIs

Experience with:

• Aeron
• Hydra
• or similar low-latency messaging frameworks
• FIX protocol experience
• Trading systems or exchange infrastructure experience
• Financial markets or derivatives knowledge

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in:

• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• or related technical discipline

• Potential sign-on bonus in competitive situations
• 401(k) with employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• PTO and additional benefits

If you enjoy building high-performance trading infrastructure, solving difficult latency challenges, and working at the intersection of distributed systems and financial technology, we’d love to connect.