Senior Software Engineer - High-Performance Trading Systems
Join a world-leading hedge fund in New York as a Senior Software Engineer to build large-scale systems for research, trading, and analytics. Work with a fast, commercially-minded, and collaborative team to develop mission-critical systems with direct PnL impact. Enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Software Engineer - World Leading Hedge Fund (New York)
Permanent | Full Relocation | 5 Days per Week On-Site | Exceptional Compensation
A globally renowned hedge fund based in New York is expanding one of its most profitable and fastest-growing technology groups. The firm is hiring elite Software Engineers to build the large-scale systems that power research, trading, and analytics across its entire equities platform
The Opportunity
This team operates at the intersection of cutting-edge engineering and high-performance trading. Software Engineers here build mission-critical systems used by researchers, traders, and portfolio managers globally.
The engineering culture is fast, commercially minded, and deeply collaborative, closer to a high-performance tech startup than traditional finance. Engineers take end-to-end ownership and see the direct PnL impact of their work
What you'll work on
- High-performance research, execution, and trading systems.
- Large-scale distributed computing infrastructure and data pipelines.
- Backtesting engines, portfolio analysis platforms, and advanced analytics tooling.
- Performance engineering, low-latency optimization, and real-time systems architecture.
Experience required
- Exceptional engineering ability in Python, C++, or similar.
- Experience in complex systems engineering, distributed systems, infra at scale, low-latency systems, or high-throughput data pipelines.
- Strong communication, clarity of thought, and the ability to work closely with researchers/PMs
- Evidence of ownership and initiative, engineers who solve problems without waiting to be asked.
- Strong academic track record (preferably 3.7+ GPA) from a top-tier STEM program.
- Candidates from top tech, unicorn startups, or quant trading environments are particularly relevant.
Why else could you be interested?
- Very strong compensation (top of market) with significant bonus potential.
- Full relocation support for candidates moving to NYC.
- Work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, and PMs, the top 0.01% in the industry
- High-impact, high-visibility engineering: small teams, greenfield work, and immediate production influence.
- Ultra-fast iteration cycles, ideas and tools deployed in days, not months.
Get in touch by sending in your resume if interested
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