Senior Software Engineer

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities.

Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization. 

Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and performance.

At Tower, every employee plays a role in our success. Our Business Support teams are essential to building and maintaining the platform that powers everything we do — combining market access, data, compute, and research infrastructure with risk management, compliance, and a full suite of business services. Our Business Support teams enable our trading and engineering teams to perform at their best.

At Tower, employees will find a stimulating, results-oriented environment where highly intelligent and motivated colleagues inspire each other to reach their greatest potential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the key Risk Technology backend software and services that power
  Tower’s primary trade monitoring and manual order entry application utilized by Tower’s trading teams, central trading desk and Risk Management.
• Develop key new features to improve our monitoring capabilities of trading strategies and improve our offerings to support mid frequency trading algorithms.
• Contribute to the maintenance and bug fixes of our existing offerings.
• Contribute towards onboarding new trading teams, new markets and new asset classes.
• Serve as a representative of the team in US to directly engage with the clients of Risk Tech applications, which includes a wide variety of Tower’s trading teams based in US as well as Risk Managers.
• Collate user requirements and translating them into actionable feature deliveries.
• Provide technical and functional mentorship to other team members in building trade monitoring solutions using modern C++ and Tower’s proprietary C++ libraries and protocols.
• Preform code reviews for team members’ deliveries.
• Serve as a lead developer of the team’s key backend services, taking responsibility for the governance of the team’s strategic projects.
• Ensure successful execution of quarterly and annual objectives by engaging in the vision, planning and execution of multiple projects in the team.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field of
  study, and 5 years of experience in any job title/occupation/position in software development.
• Experience specified must include 3 years of experience with each of the following: working on low-latency C++ software; utilizing GDB, Valgrind for debugging and performance analysis and Wireshark for network packet-level debugging; building scalable and highly performant web services using Boost Beast or any other relevant C++ framework; working on Linux or any other similar OS Distribution; and HFT (High-Frequency Trading) or in a similar financial firm. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week.

Employer: Tower Research Capital LLC
Work Location: 120 Broadway, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10271
Hours: M-F, 40 hours/week
Salary: $189,592 to $300,000/year
Apply at: Apply online at https://tower-research.com/open-positions/ or send resume to Tower HR
at [email protected] & indicate job # 9500389

Benefits

Tower’s headquarters are in the historic Equitable Building, right in the heart of NYC’s Financial District and our impact is global, with over a dozen offices around the world. 

At Tower, we believe work should be both challenging and enjoyable. That is why we foster a culture where smart, driven people thrive – without the egos. Our open concept workplace, casual dress code, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value we place on a friendly, collaborative environment where everyone is respected, and great ideas win.

Our benefits include:

• Generous paid time off policies
• Savings plans and other financial wellness tools available in each region
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily 
• In-office wellness experiences and reimbursement for select wellness expenses (e.g., gym, personal training and more) 
• Company-sponsored sports teams and fitness events (JPM Corporate Challenge, Cycle for Survival, Wall Street Rides FAR and more)
• Volunteer opportunities and charitable giving 
• Social events, happy hours, treats, and celebrations throughout the year
• Workshops and continuous learning opportunities

At Tower, you’ll find a collaborative and welcoming culture, a diverse team and a workplace that values both performance and enjoyment. No unnecessary hierarchy. No ego. Just great people doing great work – together.

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.

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