Software Engineer, Gemini

• 3+ years Java/C++ or functional programming language experience in an exchange/trading systems environment
• Experience with unit testing frameworks and continuous integration tools
• 3+ years working with order handling or matching engines
• 3+ years working with FIX or other market data/order protocols
• Experience in building real time Linux systems
• Solid understanding of IP multicast and TCP protocols

Desirable

• Working with our team of core trading systems developers to improve and expand the functionality of our matching engine, order entry mechanisms, and market data publication
• Use engineering principles to identify and measure risk and to implement quantitative and technical risk management solutions in software
• Understand business needs, facilitate and develop process workflows, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation of our real time exchange
• Develop scalable architecture for the future state of our exchange and contribute towards improving the trading infrastructure
• Write robust code and APIs to support the company’s vital business
• Keep everyone informed about the health and viability of the platform by reporting known issues and status of ongoing investigations
• Identify and advocate for changes vital to the stability and supportability of the system
• Mentor and advise teammates to ensure new features are efficient, highly available, and fault tolerant
• Provide continuity and stability to the production environment
• Provide quick response to production issues to help eliminate down time thereby ensuring high availability and performance of our trading platform
• Coordinate, prioritize and plan the changes to our trading software thereby ensuring smooth exchange migrations, quick time to market for new features and software