Jobs at Chicago Trading Company

Lead quantitative research, driving revenue and trading capabilities through collaboration with trading and technology, and applying rigorous scientific methods to solve business problems.

The Quantitative Researcher will analyze market data to build models and drive innovation in trading strategies, collaborating with traders and engineers.

Partner with traders, quants, and technologists to architect high-performance full-stack solutions, triage and resolve issues, reuse platform services, participate in design and code reviews, and stay current on product and technology trends.

Lead the establishment of a new agency options business, manage institutional relationships, drive revenue growth, and oversee the agency options platform.

Full-cycle technical recruiter supporting technology hiring at a prop trading firm. Build proactive sourcing pipelines, partner with hiring managers, lead interview calibration, manage candidate experience from outreach through offers, use technical assessment tools, and incorporate AI into recruiting. Collaborate closely with HR partners and contribute to team-wide initiatives and market intelligence.

Develop and maintain trading applications and systems, collaborating with traders and researchers to optimize performance and integration in systematic trading.

Build and maintain cloud-ready, low-latency trade and positions services for TAPE 2.0. Design scalable distributed systems, integrate client APIs (Java, C++, Python), use distributed caching and Kubernetes, contribute frontend work in Angular, and support CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation.

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading systems and algorithms, requiring at least 4 years of software development experience.

As a Senior Engineer on the Market Data team, you will design high-performance libraries for trading systems, ensuring fast and reliable market data delivery while collaborating with various teams.