About the job
Trexquant Investment LP is on the lookout for a talented and experienced Software Engineer with advanced proficiency in C++ and practical experience within high-frequency trading environments. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing high-performance short-term trading signals that directly enhance trading performance. You’ll work closely with innovative researchers and technologists while also demonstrating the ability to operate independently in building systems that yield measurable results.
Key Responsibilities
- Create, construct, and optimize high-performance short-term trading signals.
- Enhance and support independent trading workflows to ensure robust, scalable, and low-latency performance.
- Write clean, maintainable, and thoroughly tested C++ code for real-time trading systems.
- Profile and enhance system performance across software and Linux environments.
- Collaborate with researchers and technologists to transform ideas into production-ready implementations while effectively working with minimal supervision.
Qualifications
- Expert-level proficiency in C++ and Linux, with a strong background in developing high-performance, latency-sensitive systems.
- A minimum of 2 years of quantitative development experience in high-frequency trading or similar real-time environments.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Demonstrated capability to work collaboratively and independently with minimal supervision.

