About Aquatic Capital Management
Transforming investment strategies through data and innovation
Key Highlights
- Located in Chicago, Illinois
- Specializes in systematic investment strategies
- Team size of 11-50 employees
- Focus on disciplined risk management
Aquatic is a systematic investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in quantitative trading strategies. The company leverages a high-performance research and development platform to optimize investment decisions while maintaining rigorous risk management protocols. With a team of 11-50 ...
🎁 Benefits
Aquatic offers competitive salaries, equity options, flexible remote work arrangements, and a generous PTO policy to support work-life balance....
🌟 Culture
Aquatic fosters a data-driven culture that prioritizes innovation and collaboration, encouraging employees to explore new ideas and technologies in th...
Software Engineering • Mid-Level
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Aquatic Capital Management is hiring a Software Engineer specializing in C++ to develop and maintain real-time market data infrastructure. You'll work closely with quantitative researchers and trading teams to enhance system performance. This role requires 2+ years of experience in high-performance C++ development.
Job Description
Who you are
You have 2+ years of professional experience writing high-performance C++ applications, ideally with a focus on real-time systems. Your deep understanding of market data, order books, and exchange microstructure allows you to contribute effectively to trading strategies. You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with quantitative researchers and technologists to ensure optimal system performance and data quality.
Your technical expertise includes a strong familiarity with C++14/17/20 standards, and you are adept at designing and developing performant applications that process real-time market data from global exchanges. You are committed to enhancing the performance, reliability, scalability, and throughput of trading systems, ensuring they meet the demands of a competitive financial landscape.
What you'll do
As a Software Engineer at Aquatic Capital Management, you will design and develop applications that process real-time market data, ensuring clean, reliable, and low-latency data delivery to research and trading systems. You will build tools that enable seamless, automated, and reproducible deployment of models into live trading environments, collaborating closely with strategy and trading desks to align data delivery with trading objectives.
Your role will involve enhancing the performance and reliability of real-time trading systems, working with quantitative researchers to improve the profitability and effectiveness of trading strategies. You will also be responsible for maintaining the infrastructure that supports these systems, ensuring they operate efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced environment.
What we offer
Aquatic Capital Management provides a dynamic work environment where innovation and collaboration are at the forefront. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to the development of systems that impact global financial markets. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds in our team.
Join us in our mission to tackle complex challenges in the financial sector, and be part of a team that is committed to excellence and continuous growth.
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