Tower Research Capital, a market-leading proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Quantitative Developer (C++) to join one of its trading teams in Hong Kong or Shanghai. You will be working for a successful MFT trading team, helping to enhance existing capabilities and increase robustness of live trading.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing a low latency high-frequency trading platform
- Assisting in the development of a tick by tick backtesting research platform
- Assisting in development and optimizing large-scale parallel computation problems that requires large quantities of data shared across resources
- Optimizing the computational efficiency of existing machine learning based algorithms to drive higher performance and faster learning rates
- Developing systems, interfaces and tools to historical market data and trading simulations that increase research productivity
- Creating tools to analyze data and generate insights that research decisions are based on
Qualifications
- 1-5 years of practical experience with C++ and 1-2 years of meaningful experience with Python
- A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
- Demonstrated academic excellence
- Strong working knowledge of Linux, and some SQL knowledge
- Brilliant detail oriented problem-solving abilities
- Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up
- A self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and own problems
- The ability to manage multiple tasks and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills in English for business purposes
Benefits
Tower continues to enhance the in-house trading system and strategies that have positioned the firm as a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. While Tower offers challenges and rewards rivaling those of any Wall Street firm, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
- 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
- International medical insurance
- Lunch and snacks on a daily basis
- Free events and workshops
- Donation matching program
Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 1998 by Mark Gorton, Tower Research Capital is a trading and technology company that has built some of the fastest, most sophisticated electronic trading platforms in the world.
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