C++ Software Engineer

Role Overview: You will be part of a team of driven innovators and optimizers who are passionate about cutting-edge technology and making a measurable impact. Your role will involve solving intricate challenges, designing and maintaining high-performance systems, continuously optimizing latency, reliability, and throughput, collaborating with different teams, and taking ownership of running your code live. Key Responsibilities: - Break down intricate challenges and deliver clear, elegant solutions that drive real-world outcomes - Design, build, and maintain high-performance systems that are the backbone of the trading infrastructure - Continuously push the limits of latency, reliability, and throughput in a distributed environment - Collaborate directly with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to deliver ideas into production - Take pride in running your code live by monitoring, supporting, and improving it every day Qualifications Required: - Deep experience in C++ with a passion for clean, performant code - Strong grasp of multithreading, concurrency, and distributed systems - Curiosity to explore how things work and a drive to improve them - Clear, thoughtful communication and the ability to thrive in a high ownership environment - Bachelors (or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field - Background in Trading or finance is a plus but not a requirement About Citadel Securities: Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker providing institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing, and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. The company's teams of engineers, traders, and researchers utilize leading-edge quantitative research, compute power, machine learning, and AI to tackle critical challenges in the markets. Citadel Securities is forging the future of capital markets. Visit citadelsecurities.com for more information. Role Overview: You will be part of a team of driven innovators and optimizers who are passionate about cutting-edge technology and making a measurable impact. Your role will involve solving intricate challenges, designing and maintaining high-performance systems, continuously optimizing latency, reliability, and throughput, collaborating with different teams, and taking ownership of running your code live. Key Responsibilities: - Break down intricate challenges and deliver clear, elegant solutions that drive real-world outcomes - Design, build, and maintain high-performance systems that are the backbone of the trading infrastructure - Continuously push the limits of latency, reliability, and throughput in a distributed environment - Collaborate directly with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to deliver ideas into production - Take pride in running your code live by monitoring, supporting, and improving it every day Qualifications Required: - Deep experience in C++ with a passion for clean, performant code - Strong grasp of multithreading, concurrency, and distributed systems - Curiosity to explore how things work and a drive to improve them - Clear, thoughtful communication and the ability to thrive in a high ownership environment - Bachelors (or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field - Background in Trading or finance is a plus but not a requirement About Citadel Securities: Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker providing institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing, and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. The company's teams of engineers, traders, and researchers utilize leading-edge quantitative research, compute power, machine learning, and AI to tackle critical challenges in the markets. Citadel Securities is forging the future of capital markets. Visit citadelsecurities.com for more information.