Junior Software Engineer

Founded in 1999 Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago Dublin and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets. Rooted in a culture of integrity collaboration and an unwavering passion for progress we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.

Junior Software Engineer (Trading Systems & OS)

Location:Chicago IL (Loop)

Team:Proprietary Trading Group

The Opportunity

Geneva Trading is seeking a Junior Software Engineer with asystems-programming pedigreeto join our Chicago this role you will be an integral part of aspecialized development staff that works side-by-side with Traders and Quantitative Researchers.Wearentlooking for a back-office developer; we need aproblem solverwho wants to sit at the intersection of code and the markets. You will use your understanding of Operating Systems and low-level architecture to ensure our strategies are the fastest and most reliable in the world. This role is for thecurious mindthe engineer whodoesntjust want to write astrategy butwants to understand exactly how the Linux kernel handles every packet that strategy sends.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborative Development:Work daily within a tight-knit unit ofTraders and Quantsto translate high-frequency strategies into production-ready code.

• Systems-Level Optimization:Build and tune trading applications usingModern C with a heavy focus on OS-level performance (e.g. CPU affinity memory management and kernel bypass).

• Research & Diagnostic Tooling:LeveragePythonto build high-speed data pipelinesbacktestingframeworks and real-time monitoring tools to analyze strategy behavior.

• Deep-Dive Problem Solving:Act as the systems expert for the deskdiagnosing jitter race conditions or latency spikes by digging into the Linux stack (schedulers interrupts andsyscalls).

• Execution Excellence:Maintaina zero-error mindset ensuring the absolute correctness of trading logic in a high-stakes real-time environment.

The Technical Profile

• Education:BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a strong academic focus onOperating Systems.

• LanguageProficiency:C:Professional-level understanding of pointers memory layout and concurrency.

• Python:Ability to write clean efficient code for data analysis and automation.

• OS Fundamentals:Deep knowledge ofLinux/Unix internals. You should understand how the OS manages hardware resources and how tooptimizethatinteraction forspeed.

• The Curious Mindset:A natural drive to deconstruct complex systems. You are the person who reads the man pages and enjoys figuring out the why behind a systems behavior.

The Geneva Environment

• High-Touch Collaboration:You are part of the trading desks heartbeat where feedback loops between code and market impact are measured in microseconds.

• Intellectual Rigor:Solve non-trivial puzzles alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

• Chicago Culture:Work in ourstate-of-the-artChicago office enjoying the energy of the trading floor combined with a flat meritocratic structure.

Compensation

Base Salary Range:$80000 $130000 plus eligibility for a performance-based bonus.

Final compensation will bedeterminedbased on the candidates skills experience education and addition to base salary Geneva Trading offers a competitive total rewards package including a comprehensive benefits program. Learn more about our employee incentives here: expected to close on 5/15/26

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.