Jobs at Chicago Trading Company

Build and operate large-scale data ingestion pipelines powering research and trading platforms. Own pipeline quality, reliability, performance, and data health; collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and data owners; optimize compute, storage, and SLAs; migrate pipelines to modern platforms; and implement tools to detect and resolve source-data quality issues.

Build and integrate LLM-based agents, coding tools, model infrastructure, and role-specific AI interfaces for engineers, quants, and traders. Develop inference, configuration, integrations, tracing, and access controls; improve system reliability and performance; prototype applications for research, simulation, and trading; and collaborate with users to prioritize solutions.

Lead a team developing high-performance C++ delta trading systems, including valuation, execution, and post-trade infrastructure. Drive architecture, technical design, testing, optimization, and operational safety while collaborating with traders, quants, and technologists. Mentor engineers, manage concurrent projects, prioritize initiatives, and resolve production issues. The role requires expertise in low-level systems, computer architecture, networking, multithreaded and distributed systems, and performant software engineering; trading industry experience and people management are preferred.

Coordinates end-to-end interview scheduling and logistics for experienced hires across multiple business lines. Supports candidates throughout the recruiting process, partners with recruiters on pipeline and requisition tracking, maintains ATS data integrity, and generates recruiting metrics. Assists with offers, background checks, and onboarding handoffs while identifying process improvements. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, proactive communication, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced talent acquisition environment.

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading systems and algorithms, requiring at least 4 years of software development experience.

Develop and maintain real-time, low-latency systems to monitor orders and quotes, automate compliance detection and regulatory reporting, troubleshoot production issues, and document architectures and processes to support audits and regulatory reviews.

Develop high-performance, low-latency trading systems for options market making, collaborating with traders and quants to enhance performance and trading infrastructure.

The Equities Research Analyst is responsible for analyzing the impact of various events on options pricing, conducting fundamental analysis, and developing tools to identify opportunities in equity markets in a fast-paced trading environment.

As a Senior Engineer on the Market Data team, you will design high-performance libraries for trading systems, ensuring fast and reliable market data delivery while collaborating with various teams.

Lead end-to-end compensation operations including the annual comp cycle, market pricing and benchmarking, survey participation, comp reporting, pay equity analysis, and compensation program management (401k, deferred comp, LTIPs). Partner with Finance on bonus pool modeling and scenario analysis, support HCM leaders on offers and separation packages, and drive process and tooling improvements across HCM.

Lead quantitative research, driving revenue and trading capabilities through collaboration with trading and technology, and applying rigorous scientific methods to solve business problems.

The Quantitative Researcher will analyze market data to build models and drive innovation in trading strategies, collaborating with traders and engineers.

Partner with traders, quants, and technologists to architect high-performance full-stack solutions, triage and resolve issues, reuse platform services, participate in design and code reviews, and stay current on product and technology trends.

Process semi-monthly US payroll for 600+ employees and expats; review UK and Netherlands payroll and pension submissions; assist with federal, state, and local tax filings; respond to employee and external payroll inquiries; implement process improvements and controls; partner with Accounting and Tax for reconciliations, audits, and reporting.

Provide live production support for trading systems: troubleshoot outages, monitor environments, automate workflows with Linux/Python/Bash, coordinate with traders and developers, own incident response, and improve runbooks and processes.

The Senior FPGA Engineer will design, implement, and improve ultra-low-latency trading systems, collaborating with various teams to enhance performance and scalability.

The Senior Quantitative Researcher will lead alpha research, develop predictive signals and models, analyze performance, collaborate with traders and engineers, and mentor junior researchers.

Full-cycle technical recruiter supporting technology hiring at a prop trading firm. Build proactive sourcing pipelines, partner with hiring managers, lead interview calibration, manage candidate experience from outreach through offers, use technical assessment tools, and incorporate AI into recruiting. Collaborate closely with HR partners and contribute to team-wide initiatives and market intelligence.

The Business Manager - Systematic role involves supporting senior leadership in operational excellence for systematic trading, collaborating with teams, driving strategic initiatives, and improving team communication and processes.