Senior Engineer - Trade Capture

CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Trade and Positions Platform Engineer to join our specialized TAPE team. Our team owns and operates the firm's trade and positions system, providing real-time risk awareness and interfacing with every desk across the organization. As we build TAPE 2.0-a cloud-based, scalable platform designed to handle increased volume, diversity, and advanced trading strategies-you will play a critical role in modernizing our core systems while addressing key technical challenges in distributed architecture, high throughput, and low latency.

• Develop and maintain resilient Java services built on a cloud-ready architecture, incorporating CI/CD best practices to support TAPE 2.0.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including traders, quant developers, and other technical groups-to design, build, and enhance client APIs in Java, C++, and Python.
• Design and implement distributed systems capable of scaling with increasing trading volume and diverse strategies, solving problems related to system distribution, throughput, and latency.
• Contribute to building and refining user interfaces (approximately 10-15% of development work) using Angular, ensuring seamless integration with underlying APIs.
• Leverage distributed caching solutions (e.g., Hazelcast, Oracle Coherence, or Redis) and container orchestration with Kubernetes to optimize system performance and reliability.
• Continuously research and adopt new technologies and architectural patterns to improve system resiliency, performance, and scalability.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and maintain comprehensive documentation of development processes and architectural decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Proven experience in developing Java-based applications and services, preferably in a high-volume, low-latency environment.
• Hands-on experience working with cloud-based architectures and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in building and integrating APIs using Java, C++, and Python.
• Familiarity with frontend development frameworks such as Angular.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and caching solutions (e.g., Hazelcast, Oracle Coherence, Redis).
• Experience deploying and managing applications using Kubernetes.
• Exposure to trading systems and capital markets with an understanding of how real-time risk management and trade processing systems operate.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to tackling complex technical challenges within a collaborative team environment.

• Experience working on critical trading systems or financial applications.
• Previous involvement in systems modernization or migration projects to cloud platforms.
• Additional certifications or training in cloud architecture, containerization, or financial markets technology.

The salary range for this role is listed below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance.

Salary Range

$200,000 — $225,000 USD

Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.

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