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Senior Strategy Developer

Quanta Search
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2026
How You Can Make an Impact

As a Senior Strategy Developer on one of our growing high-frequency trading teams, you will partner directly with a group of Traders and a Senior Developer to advance a platform that optimizes current and new algorithmic trading strategies in global markets. This person will work alongside a group of talented and passionate individuals in designing, implementing, and owning solutions to exciting problems. The ideal candidate is looking to have a significant impact on a hands-on, performance-driven team and will be appropriately compensated for their effort. 
  • Manage the current strategy model and partner with another talented development mind to build out new alpha-generating strategies
  • Communicate with Traders daily to maintain trading production across global markets
  • Identify possible enhancements, design solutions and implement new trading applications in a clean, concise way that continues to decrease latency for greater execution edge

What You'll Need
 
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or STEM-related field of study preferred
  • 5 years of low-level C programming experience including C 11/14/17 required
  • Prior experience with distributed systems and multi-threaded application design and development required
  • Linux/Unix experience required
  • Prior scripting experience with Python highly preferred
  • Experience with kdb or another time-series database highly preferred
  • Prior experience in a proprietary trading or financial services environment highly preferred

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