CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment.
We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.
The Role
Our growing Amsterdam team is a dynamic group dedicated to developing low-latency alphas and execution strategies for APAC exchanges, contributing to CTC’s global options market-making and volatility alpha suite. Close collaboration with colleagues in Chicago, New York, and London creates an energetic environment where interesting and complex problems are tackled together. The team has delivered impressive results on challenging initiatives, driven by expertise and a shared commitment to impactful solutions and trading outcomes.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for individuals who are passionate about achieving low-latency trading excellence, excited by cutting-edge technology, and energized by solving complex problems as part of a collaborative, high-performance team.
If you’re motivated by precision C++ engineering and the thrill of tackling intricate technical challenges, we’d love to meet you!
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy trading strategies using modern C++ features.
- Collaborate closely with trading and quant researchers to develop best-in-class execution and low-latency market making strategies.
- Build software using Agile methodologies and modern software best practices
- Foster collaboration with other teams including operations, pricing, exchange access, inventory and risk management, and test automation.
- Understand requirements, propose solutions, and deliver software into the production environment in a timely and robust manner.
- Ensure operational safety and uphold the highest standards of software engineering by thoroughly testing code, following a coherent and maintainable design and architecture, and adhering to best practices—prioritizing carefully planned, well-structured solutions over ad hoc implementations.
Qualifications
- High level of proficiency in developing performant, scalable trading applications using modern C++; knowledge of C++20 preferred
- Experience developing low-latency trading strategies and a demonstrated passion for financial markets
- Significant experience with distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust, collaborate, and influence across the team, company, and with external partners
- Ability to quickly triage issues and drive the resolution effort through completion
- Comfortable making architectural decisions independently
Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.
Our Benefits
We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, quarterly recharge days, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience.
(Disclaimer: interns and contractors are not eligible for benefits at CTC)
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected]. Note that emails sent to this email account for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Information submitted by job applicants may be subject to review and analysis by automated systems, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), as part of the recruitment process. Such systems are utilized to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our hiring procedures. Applicants are advised that any information provided may be evaluated by AI tools to ensure an equitable and thorough assessment.
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What We Do
Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a highly analytical, team oriented derivatives trading firm that employs a dynamic, disciplined approach to trading across a variety of products and strategies. We take decisive action to position ourselves at the forefront of the financial markets.
We actively trade in a broad spectrum of asset classes that include Equities, Interest Rates, and Commodities. We have grown dramatically since our inception in 1995. Recognized as a leading provider of liquidity and pricing on numerous derivatives exchanges globally, we trade more than 20 hours a day, six days a week.
With offices in Chicago and London, our success and rapid growth are due to our market experience, state of the art technology, risk management capabilities, and financial engineering expertise.
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