If you are looking to join a small, dynamic, growing firm in the financial technology sector, you have come to the right place. BlackEdge has built a strong foundation of success as an industry leading market maker in the treasury options space. Now we need talented people like you to build on that foundation by further improving and leveraging our existing success to expand into new markets.
What you'll do:- Development, delivery, and support of trading applications
- Involvement in the entire project life-cycle including communication with quants and traders to gather requirements and provide real-time support
- Acquisition of a working knowledge of financial markets and options market making
- Collection, management, and analysis of large data sets
- Collaborative development with other members of the technology and trading team
- Exceptional problem solving ability
- Working knowledge in a low-level computer science realm: e.g. networking, operating systems, compilers, or computer graphics.
- Understanding of design patterns and architectural best practices
- Graduating in 2027 with a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
- Desire to work at the cutting edge of quantitative finance
A final note about our culture: we are pursuing excellence in trading. We want to be the best market makers in each product we trade and are relentless in our pursuit of incremental improvement. Every day is an opportunity to get a little bit better. Everyone here takes deep pride and ownership in what they do. The buck doesn't get passed along, it stops with you.
Skills Required
- Exceptional problem solving ability
- Working knowledge in a low-level computer science realm (networking, operating systems, compilers, or computer graphics)
- Understanding of design patterns and architectural best practices
- Graduating in 2027 with a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- Desire to work at the cutting edge of quantitative finance
What We Do
BlackEdge Capital is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. In 2009, the founding partners of BlackEdge left a highly-respected market-making firm to build a new entity based off of their ideas on how market-making should be done. Thus far, BlackEdge has experienced rapid growth and is focused on becoming a leading global liquidity provider. The firm specializes in making markets in exchange-cleared instruments both on and off of exchange floors. It seeks to capture market inefficiencies utilizing technical innovation and risk management expertise.
