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Citadel Securities · 1 day ago

C++ Software Engineer

NYC Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$150K/yr - $300K/yr

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.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

Growth Opportunities

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

C++MultithreadingConcurrencyDistributed systemsCommunicationBackground in TradingBachelor's degree

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

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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.

Founded in 2002