Software Engineer, Trading Engineering

About this role

Position Summary


Two Sigma is a financial sciences company, combining data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to help solve the toughest challenges in investment management, securities, private equity, and venture capital.


Our team of scientists, technologists, and academics looks beyond the traditional to develop creative solutions to some of the world’s most complex economic problems.


You will be joining a team responsible for ensuring the firm has access to robust, highly performant means of trading as well as working with our modeling teams to optimize our trading systems. In this role, you will use your knowledge of market structure and high performance programming techniques to improve our platform and capabilities. You'll quickly engage with new research areas, deepen your expertise with Two Sigma data and tools, maintain high coding standards, and identify impactful projects in a multifaceted and critical field! If this sounds like an exciting role, we encourage you to apply today!


You Will Take On The Following Responsibilities

• Build platforms for simulation and live trading of different financial markets, instruments, and trading algorithms.
• Extend trading platforms to cover new markets and new asset classes, accounting for the financial details of those securities; review software code for errors and improvements.
• Analyze performance of software and other quantitative measures to inform decision making regarding the design and improvements of the trading systems.
• Design, engineer, and implement various financial trading and measurement software applications.
• Provide software support to traders implementing their portfolio orders.

You Should Possess The Following Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience required; 2-6 years of experience preferred systems level development.
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with C, C++, or Rust is required. Familiarit...