Belvedere Trading

Senior Software Engineer - Quantitative Trading

Belvedere Trading • US
Hybrid
Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. 
 
High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. 

Our team is looking for Software Engineers with experience building high-performance trading systems. As a Software Engineer, you will help establish technical standards and be a significant contributor to the technical architecture and engineering practices of our teams.  You will have the opportunity to work and collaborate with Belvedere Quants and Software Engineers to tackle challenges in programming, technology, mathematics, and finance by building high-quality, performant, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business goals.  We are looking for individuals who will be able to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced and energetic environment. 

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop, and optimize scalable, extensible trading applications, and deploy successful enterprise-level applications that can be leveraged across a variety of asset classes  
  • Maintain, support and troubleshoot real-time critical trading applications 
  • Work with team members to ensure that our software meets requirements and is testable 
  • Analyze and solve complex technical problems  
  • Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our development process and reduce operational risk 
  • Apply industry knowledge and technical skills in new and innovative ways 
  • Encourage the use of best practices throughout the development process 
  • Participate in code review    
  • What You'll Need

  • 6+ years of software development experience 
  • Solid working experience in modern C++ 
  • Applies and holds high-quality standard for code and design 
  • Experience building high performance, highly available, and scalable systems 
  • Well versed in all areas of delivering technical solutions 
  • Shows ownership through entrepreneurial spirit 
  • Ability to take full ownership (design, implement, test, deploy, maintain, iterate) of projects 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills 
  • Show ownership through entrepreneurial spirit 
  • Willingness to coach junior engineers in addition to teaching and learning from peers  
  • Nice to Have

  • Experience with financial market concepts, including options trading and engineering