Trexquant Investment LP is seeking a highly skilled and experience Software Engineer with strong C++ expertise and hands-on experience in high-frequency trading environments. In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize high-performance short-term trading signals and support independent trading activities. You will collaborate with researchers and technologists while also operating autonomously to build systems that have a direct and measurable impact on trading performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, construct, and optimize high-performance short-term trading signals.
- Support and enhance independent trading workflows, ensuring robust, scalable, and low-latency performance.
- Develop clean, maintainable, and well-tested C++ code for real-time trading systems.
- Profile and optimize system performance across software and Linux environments.
- Collaborate with researchers and technologists to translate ideas into production-grade implementations while operating effectively with minimal supervision.
Requirements
- Expert-level proficiency in C++ and Linux, with experience developing high-performance, latency-sensitive systems.
- Minimum 2 years of quantitative development experience in high-frequency trading or similarly demanding real-time environments.
- BA, MA, or PhD in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to work both collaboratively and independently with little supervision.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with guaranteed and performance-based bonuses tied to individual and company results.
- Collaborative, friendly, and results-oriented work environment.
- Full coverage of PPO health, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
Pre-tax commuter benefits. - Weekly company meals.
- Additional company perks.
Applications are open for both Stamford and New York City offices, the latter with a planned opening in October 2026.
The base salary range is $175,000 - $200,000 depending on the candidate’s educational and professional background. Base salary is one component of Trexquant’s total compensation, which may also include a discretionary, performance-based bonus. This position is classified as overtime-exempt.
Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Expert-level proficiency in C++ and Linux
- Minimum 2 years of quantitative development experience in high-frequency trading
- BA, MA, or PhD in Computer Science or related STEM field
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proven ability to work both collaboratively and independently
What We Do
Being a quantitative finance firm that uses Machine Learning (ML) to create multi-asset portfolios and seek profit from the market, Trexquant has continuously improved its investment and research platform since starting operations, leveraging new and emerging technologies. Trexquant uses rigorous quantitative methods to create multi-asset portfolios in global markets. To do this, Trexquant develops trading signals using its vast and continuously growing collection of data variables used as inputs for more complex trading models called Strategies. The result is an ever-growing and adapting engine built from thousands of intricate models and tens of thousands of signals, tailor-made with the goal to outperform the market during any condition. Capital is managed across 5,500+ cash equity positions across the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and Canada.
