C++ Developer - Market Data & Signals

Overview

Susquehanna is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Market Data and Signals team. In this role you will develop and enhance low latency and high frequency market data exchange connectivity applications by designing, implementing, and delivering complex software systems that meet the business needs.

The successful candidate should have a demonstrated track record of successfully delivering complex applications that meet demanding performance and scalability goals in a trading environment.

What you can expect from us

Real Impact: By integrating sophisticated coding techniques with innovative engineering ideas, we design and optimize systems that can process massive amounts of data while still ensuring high performance and stability. You'll see how your contributions towards developing and supporting leading edge hardware and software technologies make a firm wide impact that makes us all smarter, faster, and better.

Collaboration: You will partner closely with our Infrastructure, Quant, Project Management and Strategy Developer Teams to deliver and manage scalable and highly performant systems to support trading in the region and globally.

Growth: We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to continuously innovate, learn, and grow.

Benefits: Susquehanna offers a wide array of competitive employee perks & benefits.

What we're looking for

• A bachelor's degree (or higher) in a technical or related discipline
• A minimum of five (5) years' experience designing and developing applications using object oriented programming using C++ on Linux, as well as proficiency in Python
• An expert level C++/Linux developer with knowledge of design, profiling, performance tuning, OO, generic programming, STL, Boost, sockets, multi threading, and IPC
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and a thorough understanding of full life cycle development and performance optimization/latency reduction methodologies.
• Knowledge of financial products, exchange connectivity, and market data is a plus.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

What we do

We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through market making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class.