Senior Trading Equities Software Engineer - NEEDED NOW!! in Chicago, IL
WHY WAIT? Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity? This may be your lucky day! It is time for a change, and CDI can help! We have an immediate need for a Senior Trading Equities Software Engineer. JOB DESCRIPTION: This individual will be part of a trading group working as a developer to implement high frequency black box trading strategies. This position involves working directly with other traders and developers in the group in a highly flexible and fast-paced environment. Candidate Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills: - Extensive experience in supporting real-time, multithreaded C++ applications on Unix/Linux - Experience in Object-Oriented design - Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Experience debugging multi-threaded, concurrent applications - Experience with performance tuning - Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Ability to work within a team and independently - Knowledge of operating systems and network preferred Education and Work Experience: - BS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent - At least three years of hands-on development experience Prefer to have candidates out of the trading industry (prop firms, banks, hedge funds, etc.), but open to other industries if talent has a passion for the financial industry, trade as a hobby, etc. Candidates from a high-frequency trading background are a plus. The environment is extremely fast-paced, entrepreneurial and driven. If talent is coming in from outside of the industry, they should be coming from environments such as or similar to Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, etc. These candidates need to be driven and have been trained well. This is the kind of environment where the traders will come up with an idea and ask the developers to work it out on a whiteboard while they are all sitting in the same room. In this role they will be interacting with traders and will be exposed to a variety of areas within IT. TAKE ACTION! Why wait another day? It is time to act! Apply NOW and join the CDI Team TODAY!!! To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here