C Software Engineer

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.

Jump Trading established its dedication to the China market with the launch of our Shanghai office in late 2017 with the ambition of building an independently operational office. Due to this ambition we are growing our competencies in Trading Technology and Operations. We bring together the best of two worlds; A start-up environment powered by Global Jump Trading dedication and resources.

What Youll Do:

• Will be a part of a dynamic team working on developing and maintaining Jumps Algorithmic Trading Platform.
• Have to be focused on C functionality alongside our Quant/Traders who will also be hands on with C.
• Responsible for creating and optimizing scalable multi-tiered applications and infrastructure.
• Need to be able to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced and energetic environment.
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills Youll Need:

• Strong computer programming skills using C in a Linux environment
• Strong understanding of computer systems e.g. operating systems networks performance optimization etc
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and strong commitment to testing and quality assurance
• Track record of independently tackling challenging technical problems as well as part of a team
• Team player with good communication interpersonal skills and a humble and cooperative attitude
• Ideally 4 years in C development with experience in building algorithmic trading systems
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related field
• Reliable and predictable availability