About the position
Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Core Development is a global team of technologists who architect, build and maintain our world-class trading platform. From optimizing our core trading engine to building custom hardware, we leverage software & hardware engineering, data science and research, to deliver the infrastructure and tools that drive our trading and business needs.
Responsibilities
- Join the technology team that designs, codes, tests, and maintains the distributed trading system and one of the world’s largest supercomputers.
- Work alongside experienced engineers and learn advanced skills in C++, Python, SDLC, and test automation.
- Contribute to the work of technology groups focused on market data, order entry, risk management, simulation, and/or UI development.
- Perform other duties as assigned or needed.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in C++ development on Linux platform.
- Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in Python development on Linux platform.
- Strong understanding of data structures and threading models.
- Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily.
- Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch.
- Interest in using knowledge from several areas such as hardware, networking, OS design to produce high-performance software.
- Reliable and predictable availability.
Nice-to-haves
- Past internship or job experience in a software development role is a plus.
- Advanced coursework in algorithms, network programming, operating systems, compilers.
Benefits
- Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- Travel Medical Insurance
- Group Pension Scheme
- Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
- Paid Parental Leave
- Parking and Commuter Benefits
