Citadel Securities · 11 hours ago
C++ Software Engineer
Citadel Securities is a leading global market maker that provides liquidity to institutional and retail investors. They are seeking a C++ Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain high-performance systems, focusing on optimizing latency, reliability, and throughput in a distributed environment.
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Responsibilities
Solve What Matters: Break down intricate challenges and deliver clear, elegant solutions that drive real world outcomes
Build and Scale: Design, build and maintain high performance systems that are the backbone of our trading infrastructure
Optimize Everything: Continuously push the limits of latency, reliability, and throughput in a distributed environment
Partner and Deliver: Collaborate directly with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to deliver ideas into production
Own it in production: Take pride in running your code live - Monitoring, supporting and improving it every day
Qualification
Required
Deep experience in C++ with a passion for clean, performant code
A strong grasp of multithreading, concurrency, and distributed systems
Curiosity to explore how things work and a drive to improve them
Clear, thoughtful communication and the ability to thrive in a high ownership environment
Bachelor's (or higher) degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or related field
Preferred
Background in Trading or finance is a plus but not a requirement
Benefits
Comprehensive relocation package
Company
Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a next-generation capital markets firm delivering critical liquidity and helping to shape the markets of tomorrow. It is a sub-organization of Citadel.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.15BKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2022-01-11Series Unknown· $1.15B
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