Performance Engineer
Core
Improving software, hardware, and strategy performance for a low-latency options market maker trading engine.
Role type
Senior IC performance engineer (trading systems)
Builds
Low-latency trading engine, benchmarking tools, and performance analysis systems
Domain
Financial technology / High-frequency trading
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
C++ programming, Python programming, operating system tuning, compiler optimization, networking analysis, IO subsystem optimization, accelerator analysis, statistical testing methods, latency analysis, throughput analysis
Preferred skills
Experience with exchange protocols, hardware evaluation, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
C++, Python, accelerators, compilers, networking stacks
Responsibilities
Design and implement trading engine performance optimizations, develop benchmarking tools for new devices and software, troubleshoot performance issues, analyze hardware and exchange protocols, collaborate with Trading and Quant teams to improve system latency
