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C++ Senior Engineer - Options Market Making Execution Chicago, Illinois, United States Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better. Our Options Market Making Execution team is looking for a Senior Engineer to build high-performance, elegant solutions to keep CTC's options trading infrastructure fast, efficient, and competitive. You'll partner with Engineers, Traders, and Quant Researchers to develop and fine-tune execution engines and trading strategies with the goal of reducing latency, maximizing performance and improving P&L. By simplifying system management and constantly improving our options trading engines, you'll ensure our trading infrastructure remains scalable, responsive, and cutting-edge. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and build high-performance, low-latency trading systems that power our Options Market Making business - Work closely with traders, quants and technologists to drive ideas from inception to production in a timely and robust

Trading Research/Transaction Cost Analyst Chicago, IL posted: Posted 30+ Days Ago

Senior Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems Analyst Chicago, Illinois, United States Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better. Our HCM Operations Team is responsible for the systems, data, and processes that support our people operations - spanning HRIS, data and insights, compensation, benefits, immigration, and employee support. We're a close-knit team that supports one another, cares deeply about the employees we serve, and takes pride in doing outstanding work. As our Sr. HCM Systems Analyst, you'll have real technical work to sink your teeth into - disconnected systems to integrate, manual processes to automate, data to clean up and structure, and AI tools to explore and put to use. It's the kind of environment where someone who loves to build and optimize will thrive. We move fast and value efficient, consistent processes, but

Manager - Trade Surveillance Chicago, IL Company Overview Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment. IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments. Barron's has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology. This is Hybrid role (4 days in office /1 day remote) Interactive Brokers is looking to hire a Trade Surveillance Compliance Manager at its Chicago Office. This is a mid-level management position with room for growth for highly motivated and exceptional performers. The Compliance Manager will report to the Deputy Director of Trade Surveillance and will assist with ensuring the firm complies with the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, anti-terrorist financing, sanctions, AML, and securities laws and regulations. Responsibilities: - Oversee and train a team of analysts responsible for reviewing surveillance alerts and ad hoc investigations related to trade practice violations. - Monitor and

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Trade Analyst Chicago - 550 Van Buren posted: Posted 14 Days Ago

Senior Trader Chicago, Illinois, United States Who We Are Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create. TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise. Description Our Quantitative Traders are passionate about improving the global economy by facilitating risk transfer and restoring order to prices. At TransMarket Group you will be called on to work with teammates to eliminate inefficiencies and manage risk in the world's financial markets. Our Senior Traders benefit from the resources and scale that our group can provide with its strong team and robust capital base to grow your effective trading strategy to the next level. The ideal candidate will have proven success and discipline in their trading strategies, a niche expertise, and excellent risk assessment and management. Responsibilities - Utilize expertise in relative value market fundamentals, quantitative modeling, and risk management - Build and

Linux Engineering Team Lead Chicago, Illinois, United States Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better. As a Linux Engineering Team Lead, you will oversee the Linux Engineering team while remaining hands-on. You'll help set technical direction and operational standards for Linux infrastructure supporting our real-time trading environment, development systems, research compute, and orchestration clusters. This role requires deep technical, operational, and people leadership skills to deliver results across the trading platform. What You'll Do - Lead and develop the Linux Engineering team; translate business needs into a clear roadmap and drive accountability across project and operational work - Own the design, implementation, and operation of a global Linux infrastructure footprint with a focus on reliability, performance, and determinism - Automate and standardize fleet operations (provisioning, configuration management, patching, upgrades, lifecycle) and improve monitoring/alerting

Trading System Support Analyst Chicago, Illinois Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn't be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. Our Intel team focuses on delivering high-quality technology solutions to our core and affiliated groups. We go all-out to understand and support end-user needs, leverage data to gauge effectiveness, and advance our trading infrastructure by developing cutting edge and mission-critical support for our trading platform and applications. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. We are seeking a Trading System Support Analyst (TSSA) to join our team. This position offers an opportunity to learn Belvedere's proprietary technology and trading operations in a challenging, fast-paced setting. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong technical knowledge and exceptional communication skills. You will need proficiency in troubleshooting and information gathering to help peers and developers resolve complex issues. Our teams provide around-the-clock support to facilitate fast issue resolution for

Associate Trader, Equity & FX, L&G - Asset Management, America Remote | Chicago, IL, United States Company Description: L&G's Asset Management business is a major investor across public and private markets worldwide, with $1.533 trillion in AUM.* Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L&G's own balance sheet. Our ambition is to be a leading global investor, innovating to solve complex challenges for our clients using the power of L&G. This is rooted in our investment philosophy and processes, which are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can generate value and drive positive change. Job Description: LGIM America is looking for an Associate Equity/FX trader to join its Global Trading Team in Chicago. The ideal candidate will have some experience working on a trading desk at a buy or sell-side institution. This person should be an enthusiastic, ambitious & proven self-starter. They will possess a strong willingness to develop trading skills across different asset classes with a desire to be a team player in a global organization. Responsibilities: Manage and monitor the execution of trades ensuring it is in line with regulatory standards, LGIM(A)'s policies, procedures and risk management practices at all times. Provide investment teams with relevant market information that identifies and creates actionable investment opportunities as well as data analysis requests. Participate in daily tasks in support of trading activities and liaise with trading support teams

Trader | Global Centralized Trading Desk Chicago, IL Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and exchanges. They leverage their impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills, using the results of their research to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models. The Global Centralized Trading Desk (OTS) sits at the intersection of quant strategy, providing oversight, market intelligence, and analytical firepower. We are seeking a Trader that is passionate about the markets and comfortable with a 4 day schedule which includes 1 weekend day. What You'll Do: - Control and monitor the performance and execution of trading strategies along with adjusting risk parameters. - Tackle operational challenges to ensure our automated trading strategies continue to operate at peak performance.

Municipal Bond Trader Chicago, IL posted: Posted 30 Days Ago

Senior Chinese Commodities Trader Chicago, Illinois, United States Who We Are Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm in Chicago. We use next-generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through the generous stewardship of the wealth we create. TMG is a well-established and profitable business as a respected member of the global financial system for over 40 years, but also is like a startup because the potential of our group is at least one order of magnitude greater than what we are currently producing. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise. Description Our Quantitative Traders are passionate about improving the global economy by facilitating risk transfer and restoring order to prices. At TransMarket Group you will be called on to work with teammates to eliminate inefficiencies and manage risk in the world's financial markets. Our Senior Traders benefit from the resources and scale that our group can provide with its strong team and robust capital base to grow your effective trading strategy to the next level. The ideal candidate will have proven success and discipline in their trading strategies, a niche expertise, and excellent risk assessment and management. Responsibilities - Utilize expertise in relative value market fundamentals, quantitative modeling, and risk management in

Trade Optimization Manager, RGM - NA Chicago Commercial Center posted: Posted 11 Days Ago

Broker Trader Chicago, IL About Akuna: Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker - meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world - Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, London and Singapore. What you'll do as a Broker Trader at Akuna: We are seeking an experienced Broker Trader to join our growing team at Akuna Capital. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual interested in supporting our team expand coverage and compete in the marketplace. Candidates must possess working relationships inside of and strong familiarity with the options space. As a part of Akuna's team, you will make markets on options for brokers and banks through chat and voice platforms. Whether making a 'first show' market for an inter-dealer broker or executing against an order on the trading floor, the opportunities you identify in the marketplace will be immediately represented in the team's P&L. You will be entrenched in a collaborative and comprehensive team environment where you will have

Floor Brokerage Clerk Chicago, IL Wolverine Execution Services is looking for an experienced Floor Brokerage Clerk to assist in all functions of the CBOE trading environment.

Software Engineer Manager - Trade Selection Chicago, Illinois Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn't be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. We seek an experienced Team Lead to guide the team responsible for developing the logic that controls the market activity of our execution systems. In this role, you will work closely with quantitative researchers, traders, and engineers to design, build, and evolve high‑performance, mission‑critical components of our automated options

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Senior Network Engineer London, England, United Kingdom Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better. As a Sr. Network Engineer, you will be a member of the Network Engineering team. You'll work as part of a tight-knight team responsible for planning, implementing, and supporting technical solutions across enterprise, cloud and trading environments. This role requires deep technical, operational, and communication skills to deliver results across the trading platform. What You'll Do - Design, implement, operate, and support CTC's global network infrastructure - Collaborate with traders, developers, operations teams, technologists, and management to deliver high-quality network solutions to real-world problems - Take a data driven approach to analyzing and solving complex network infrastructure issues - Guide projects from beginning to end, including design, procurement, implementation, and documentation - Use automation to improve efficiency and manage

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Low-Level C++ Software Engineer Chicago, IL At Wolverine Trading we're looking for a Low-Level C++ Software Engineer to work at the intersection of hardware and software. Your focus will be on improving the performance of our critical and ultra-low latency trading systems, working on all parts of the trading systems stack.

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