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Wolverine Trading · 8 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - Market Data (Low-Latency Trading Systems)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$125K/yr - $180K/yr

5+ years exp

Wolverine Trading is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their core trading technology team as a Technical Lead. In this role, you will design, develop, and optimize ultra-low latency trading systems while collaborating with quantitative researchers to enhance trading strategies and infrastructure.

Financial Services

Culture & Values

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

System Design & Development: Lead the architectural design and hands-on implementation of core components for our electronic trading platform, including exchange connectivity, market data handlers, order execution engines, and risk management systems

Performance Engineering: Drive initiatives to continuously optimize the latency and throughput of our trading applications. This involves deep performance analysis, profiling, and tuning at all levels of the stack – from operating system interactions and network protocols to efficient algorithm design and hardware utilization

Collaboration & Innovation: Partner closely with quantitative researchers and traders to translate sophisticated trading strategies into highly optimized and reliable software, ensuring technical solutions align directly with business goals. Research and evaluate new technologies to keep our trading infrastructure at the forefront

Reliability & Support: Build fault-tolerant and resilient systems. Participate in the entire software lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, and providing expert-level support for critical production systems to ensure maximum uptime and stability

Code Quality & Best Practices: Uphold and champion high standards for code quality, testability, and maintainability through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and adherence to modern software engineering principles

Mentorship: Act as a technical leader and mentor to less experienced engineers, sharing knowledge, guiding development efforts, and fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment

Qualification

C++Low-latency systemsPerformance tuningOperating systemsNetwork programmingPythonProblem-solvingCommunication skillsMentorship

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field

5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on high-performance, low-latency systems

Expert-level proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20 preferred), with a deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, memory management, and optimization techniques

Solid understanding of operating system internals (Linux preferred), network programming (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast), and hardware interactions

Demonstrated experience with system-level debugging, profiling, and performance tuning tools

Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity

Experience with scripting languages like Python for automation, analysis, and tooling

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a real-time, demanding environment

Strong communication skills, capable of effectively collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Proactive, self-motivated, and able to take ownership of projects from concept to deployment

Preferred

Prior experience in financial technology, high-frequency trading, or market making. (e.g. Solarflare/Mellanox NICs, kernel bypass, etc.)

Familiarity with specific exchange protocols and scale (e.g. ITCH/ITTO, PITCH, OPRA, etc.)

Familiarity with tooling and monitoring (e.g. Wireshark/pcap, perf tools, grafana)

Exposure to distributed systems and messaging technologies

Knowledge of various asset classes (equities, options, futures) and market microstructure

Experience with hardware acceleration (FPGA/GPU programming)

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

Company

Wolverine Trading

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Wolverine Trading is a company that offers asset management services.

Founded in 1994

Chicago, Illinois, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.wolve.com

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