Campus Software Engineer

Jump Trading
Chicago, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
$ 250K

Job location

Chicago, United States of America

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading
Automation of Tests
C++
Compilers
Data Structures
Linux
Design of User Interfaces
Python
Network Programming
Systems Development Life Cycle
Software Engineering
Supercomputing

Job description

You'll be joining our technology team that designs, codes, tests, and maintains our distributed trading system and one of the world's largest supercomputers.

Our new graduate hires work alongside experienced engineers and learn advanced skills in C++, Python, SDLC, and test automation. This will also give you opportunities to learn about all aspects of our world-class technology infrastructure and to contribute to the work of our technology groups focused on market data, order entry, risk management, simulation and/or UI development.

Other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following:

  • C++ development on Linux platform

  • 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, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries

Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as hardware, networking, OS design -- to produce extremely high-performance software

Reliable and predictable availability Also Helpful, but Not Required:

  • Past internship or job experience in a software development role is a plus

  • Advanced coursework in algorithms, network programming, operating systems, compilers

  • No finance or economics study or work experience required

About the company

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.

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