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Graduate Performance Engineer

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $200,000–$200,000🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop ultra-low-latency trading strategies and optimize liquidity taking/quoting for exchanges using quantitative research and AI agents.

Role type

Graduate Performance Engineer (Quantitative Research & Systems Optimization)

Builds

AI agents, ETL pipelines, and algorithms for ultra-low-latency trading strategies

Domain

Financial Markets / Electronic Trading / Ultra-low-latency Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, quantitative research, statistical modeling, network technology, reverse-engineering, stress-testing

Preferred skills

machine learning, network technology, statistical modeling

Responsibilities

Perform quantitative research with large datasets to understand exchange technology; Design novel strategies to optimize liquidity taking and quoting strategies; Develop AI agents, ETL pipelines and algorithms; Reverse-engineer and stress-test network and systems programming technologies; Collaborate with Traders and Hardware/Software Engineers

Seniority

Graduate (Entry-level)

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