What are the responsibilities and job description for the Experienced C++ Developer, ETFs position at Hudson River Trading?
Hudson River Trading’s coders work on small, highly productive, and efficient teams that design, improve, and maintain the technology that powers our worldwide trading — at HRT, the code you write is our business. You’ll have an opportunity to work alongside developers across the firm who write trading algorithms, monitor trading, build and maintain a world-class research environment, and more!
As a Core Developer focused on ETFs, you will work closely with the Algo Development team to design, build, and improve our automated ETF trading systems. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our live trading platform and research tooling in this greenfield area.
Profile
- You are one of the top devs in your current organization, as measured by productivity, technical capability, and helpfulness to other devs
- You are capable of working independently as well as part of a team
- You can analyze and fix problems quickly
- You can look at code, figure out how it works, and identify ways to make it better
- You can describe software designs at a high level (the abstract interface), low level (step-by-step algorithm), or anywhere in between
- You work well alongside people who challenge you and make you better at what you do
- In your spare time you: code, tinker, read, explore, break things, and have an insatiable curiosity for all things computer related — you'll find like-minded people here
Qualifications
- Experience building ETF trading technology preferred
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- C experience required
- Python experience preferred
- Experience collaborating closely with quantitative researchers & traders preferred
- Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000. per year, based on job-related skills and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.
Salary : $175,000 - $250,000
