Experienced Software Engineer, Hudson River Trading
Low Level, C++
$200-300k
+ Discretionary performance-based bonuses
Automated trading algorithms developer
Open for applications
Automated trading algorithms developer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-300k
+ Discretionary performance-based bonuses
1001+ employees
Company mission
Hudson River Trading's mission is to bring a scientific and technological approach to financial trading.
Role
Who you are
- You’re one of the top devs in your current organization, as measured by productivity, technical capability, and helpfulness to other devs
- You are capable of solving complex engineering problems independently and providing technical advice for others in areas of your expertise
- You can make progress on long-term architectural projects while troubleshooting smaller tasks and bug fixes with agility
- You can describe software designs at a high level (the abstract interface), low level (step-by-step algorithm), or anywhere in between
- You are always looking for ways to make systems better
- 1+ years of professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
- Advanced C++ experience is required, daily use preferred
- Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
What the job involves
- At Hudson River Trading (HRT), C++ is at the center of our live trading systems and research infrastructure
- Our C++ engineers build the highly performant, fault-tolerant systems that power trading across global markets
- HRT’s distributed system is on the Pareto frontier of latency and throughput, giving you limitless opportunity to leverage your deep knowledge of C++, OS internals, CPU architecture, and networking hardware and protocols
- You’ll work side-by-side with researchers, traders, and hardware specialists, implementing solutions where every microsecond matters
- Our bottom-up approach to projects and our highly collaborative environment empower talented engineers to make significant contributions and see their impact daily
- At HRT, you'll be challenged to solve complex problems in a fast-paced, highly competitive industry, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the field
- Develop and optimize infrastructure for market data, order entry and execution logic, spanning tens of asset classes including options, equities, futures, crypto, and fixed income
- Design fault-tolerant, low-latency systems for live trading, including encoding/prioritization of data over WAN links and recovery from hardware failures
- Profile and improve performance-critical code for both throughput and latency in production environments
- Build and maintain infrastructure that drives products including client-facing wholesale and SDP platforms, distributed network filesystems, and scalable research workflows
- Write software that interfaces with specialized hardware such as FPGAs and ASICs used in trading systems
Our take
Hudson River Trading is a quantitative trading firm founded by a team of experienced venture capital experts, including computer scientists, mathematicians, and software engineers. It aims to bring a more scientific and mathematical approach to trading, operating a computing environment for the research and development of trading algorithms.
HRT's team includes a number of mathematicians, engineers and physicists. This academic approach has paid off, with HRT now having several offices around the world and boasting billions in trading capital. The firm is also a part of the DeFi Pyth network, marking a move towards crypto equity, which gives it access to an even wider range of investors and capital.
Although the trading market is crowded, HRT has proved the value of its code-first approach to trading and hence found a space for itself. HRT now invests in new blockchain companies that share its values. The company continues to innovate, which should provide the path to further success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- MERIT: Our people are motivated by a culture that promotes hard work and intellect over corporate politics.
- MEALS & SNACKS: HRTers enjoy breakfast and lunch together (chef-prepared in NYC, reimbursement or catered options for other offices), healthy snacks, a coffee bar, and a well-stocked beer and wine fridge.
- COMFORT: If you come to work dressed up, expect to explain what you’re doing that night for the rest of the day.
- FITNESS: On-site cardio and weight room in NYC (fitness reimbursement for other offices), regular yoga classes, and a 7-Minute Workout club.
- SOCIAL AT HRT: Our social calendar includes regular happy hours, outings, team dinners, and sports.
- PLAY TANK: Unwind at the end of a long day with video games, board games, foosball, or table tennis.
- VACATION: Generous paid vacation plus personal days and market holidays (or days in lieu).
- HEALTH: Generously subsidized healthcare coverage, vision and company paid dental insurance, paid time off for sick days, paid medical/disability leave, and fully covered access to a mental health counselor, as well as access to the Modern Health platform.
- FAMILY TIME: 12-week paid parental leave policy and family friendly events.
- EDUCATION: Tuition assistance, professional development, and on-the-job training.
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Jason Caroll
(Managing Director)Previously worked as an Analyst at Tower Research Capital.
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