Key Responsibilities
- Design Systems: Design and maintain low-latency, scalable backend services using modern C++ (17/20) or Java.
- Bridge the Stack: Develop and optimize the APIs that connect our high-performance backend servers to our web-based interfaces.
- Optimize Performance: Tackle complex memory management and concurrency challenges that impact real-time user experiences.
- Lead Quality: Practice SDLC & drive best practices in C++ (RAII, STL) while helping us expand & improve automated testing coverage.
- Expand Your Toolkit: Challenge yourself by constantly adapting to different technologies by working on different components as per changing priorities and/or projects.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Expert C++ Knowledge: Substantial professional experience with Modern C++ in a Linux environment. You understand how to write code that is as efficient as it is readable.
- Systems Thinking: A background in multithreading, socket programming, and building distributed systems.
- Pragmatic Problem Solving: You choose the right tool for the job
- Collaborative Spirit: Excellent communication skills & collaboration with different stakeholders and a "no task is too small" attitude toward learning new technologies.
- AI: Experience utilizing AI-assisted coding tools (Claude code)
- Crash troubleshooting: GDB experience to investigate coredumps.
- You’ve dabbled in JavaScript or some frontend language and are curious to explore more.
- Familiarity with Java, Python, Github, AWS
- Familiarity with financial markets, exchange protocols (FIX), or low-latency networking
- Experience with Valgrind, AddressSanitizer (ASan), or similar tools
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.
- Health & Financial Security:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Time Off & Flexibility:
- Enjoy the best of both worlds: the energy and collaboration of in-person work, combined with the convenience and focus of remote days. This is a hybrid position requiring three days of in-office collaboration per week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two days. Our hybrid model is designed to balance individual flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration, enhanced team cohesion, spontaneous innovation, hands-on mentorship opportunities and strengthens our company culture.
- 21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, with the option to roll over unused days.
- One dedicated day per year for volunteering.
- Two professional development days per year to allow uninterrupted professional development.
- An additional PTO day is added during milestone anniversary years.
- Robust paid holiday schedule with early dismissal.
- Generous parental leave for all parents (including adoptive parents).
- Work-Life Support & Resources:
- Budget for tech accessories, including monitors, headphones, keyboards, and other office equipment.
- Milestone anniversary bonuses.
- Wellness & Lifestyle Perks:
- Subsidy contributions toward gym memberships and health/wellness initiatives.
- Our Culture:
- Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity and inclusion.
Trading Technologies (TT) is an equal-opportunity employer. Equal employment has been, and continues to be, a required practice at the Company. Trading Technologies’ practice of equal employment opportunity is to recruit, hire, train, promote, and base all employment decisions on ability rather than race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender orientation, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, parental status, veteran, or any other protected status. Additionally, TT participates in the E-Verify Program for US offices.
About
Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry. The company’s award-winning TT® platform connects to the world’s major international exchanges and liquidity venues in listed derivatives alongside a growing number of asset classes, including fixed income and cryptocurrencies. The TT platform delivers advanced tools for trade execution and order management, market data solutions, analytics, trade surveillance, risk management, and infrastructure services to the world’s leading sell-side institutions, buy-side firms, and exchanges. The company’s blue-chip client base includes Tier 1 banks as well as brokers, money managers, hedge funds, proprietary traders, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), commercial hedgers, and risk managers. These firms rely on the TT ecosystem to manage their end-to-end trading operations. In addition, exchanges utilize TT’s technology to deliver innovative solutions to their market participants. TT also strategically partners with technology companies to make their complementary offerings available to Trading Technologies’ global client base through the TT ecosystem.
Skills Required
- Expert Modern C++ (C++17/C++20) development in a Linux environment
- Proven experience with multithreading, socket programming, and distributed systems
- Strong skills in manual memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization
- GDB experience for investigating coredumps and crash troubleshooting
- Familiarity with C++ best practices (RAII, STL) and driving SDLC/testing improvements
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (Claude Code)
- Pragmatic problem solving and strong collaboration/communication skills
- Experience with JavaScript or another frontend language
- Familiarity with Java
- Familiarity with Python
- Experience with GitHub
- Familiarity with AWS
- Familiarity with financial markets, exchange protocols (FIX), or low-latency networking
- Experience with Valgrind, AddressSanitizer (ASan), or similar tools
Trading Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Trading Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Trading Technologies.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as competitive, with multiple plan options, discounted premiums, and wellness initiatives such as gym subsidies and healthy meal programs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is portrayed as generous, combining substantial PTO, paid holidays, flexible schedules, and added allowances like training days and volunteer time.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include generous parental leave for primary caregivers, backup care for children, adults, and pets, adoption assistance, and dedicated spaces for new mothers.
Trading Technologies Insights
What We Do
Trading Technologies creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users. Be aware of fraudulent job postings: It has come to our attention that individuals pretending to represent Trading Technologies are posting fake job ads on LinkedIn and possibly other job boards. These individuals conduct candidate interviews via Skype and extend offers, likely with the intent to collect personal information such as banking information, social security number or date of birth. They use a Gmail email address that is not affiliated with Trading Technologies. Only emails using a tradingtechnologies.com or trade.tt email address are authentic. Although we use third party recruiting agencies on a case-by-case basis, all candidates speak with a staff member who has a valid company email address before any offers are extended or personal information collected. Our open positions are posted on BuiltIn and on the Careers page of our website.
Why Work With Us
Cited by Crain's and Built In Chicago as one of Chicago’s best places to work, Trading Technologies is a pioneering financial technology firm that constantly pushes boundaries in the trading industry. TT is a highly collaborative and culture-first organization that fosters an environment of creativity and camaraderie to achieve results.
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