Goliath Partners is working with one of the top players in the options market ($60BIL AUM) and is seeking a low latency developer (with expertise in C++ programing) to join their Miami based team - with the mission of designing, developing, and implementing their various in house latency critical trading systems.
Our ideal engineer will be aiming to secure a top position shaping the future of quantitative trading, along side some of the best strategists & engineers in the field, who are actively solving many of the most complex programing issues in the world.
Responsibilities:
Developing tick back-testing for exchange sims & research platforms
Develop trading simulations that increase research productivity
Designing HFT platforms: derived from worldwide trade data
Implementing & optimizing HFT platforms to minimize latency
Collaborating with other hardware dev's to build out ULL systems
Optimizing parallel computations with large quantities of shared data
Assisting development of feed handlers on hardware (ex: Mellanox, Solarflare, compilers etc.)
Qualifications
BS / MS / PhD - Computer Science or other STEM related field
EXP with C++ (17 & 20), OOP, algorithmic design & data structures
EXP working with "Options Pricing Models" in an HFT setting
Previously worked on venue protocols for Order Entry / Market Data
Firm grasp of real-time systems design using LL / ULL development
Expertise with CPU architecture & capabilities
Expertise with Linux
Bonus: meta & template programming
Bonus: knowledge of Python, Java, Shell Scripts and Perl
Compensation:
Includes base + benefits package with a discretionary bonus. Base is estimated to remain in the ballpark of $180-250k. Total comp peaking near $400k for top talent.
