Quantitative Developer
Jump Trading is a global trading firm where traders, engineers, and researchers develop trading strategies, models, infrastructure, and systems across asset classes and time horizons.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global trading firm focused on research-driven trading and the engineering of scalable models, tools, infrastructure, and execution systems. Its operations combine trading, technology, AI/ML, and quantitative research, and it also runs research and talent programs including conference travel grants and a fellowship program.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will contribute to production trading systems, live operations, production tooling, deployment, operational safety, microstructure research, and data pipeline management. You will monitor and troubleshoot real-time systems, build automation and observability tools, collaborate on market research, deploy production systems, support users, and manage upgrades.
Requirements
- 2+ years solving challenging problems through coding with measurable industry impact
- Strong software development skills in Python and/or C++
- Strong production engineering skills in Linux environments
- Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerization, and observability tooling
- Ability to reason through quantitative problems
- Effective communication with quantitative researchers and engineers
- Reliable availability during trading hours
- Experience with compiled languages such as C++
- Familiarity with high-performance computing and distributed large-scale systems
Responsibilities
- Own the reliability, observability, and operational performance of live trading systems
- Monitor live systems in real time
- Respond to production issues
- Investigate, mitigate, and resolve trading, risk, and system stability incidents
- Build internal tools, dashboards, alerts, and automation
- Design and maintain testing, deployment, rollout, and rollback processes
- Strengthen production safety through health checks, failover mechanisms, and operational controls
- Develop tools for market microstructure research
- Conduct full-cycle research, coding, testing, and production deployment
- Support end users and troubleshoot issues
- Manage system upgrades
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
- Employer-paid group term life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Wellness programs
