Design, build, and maintain scalable data storage and processing systems for large-scale simulations; implement backups and recovery; optimize data pipelines for performance and reliability; collaborate on cloud infrastructure and deployment; ensure data efficiency in high-performance environments.
Job Description
Role Summary:
Are you excited about cutting-edge technology and making a tangible impact? Our team is at the forefront of innovation, designing and developing the distributed systems that power large-scale simulations for our researchers. These simulations are critical in developing the best models or alphas for live trading, directly generating revenue for our firm.
Opportunities may be available from time to time in any location in which the business is based for suitable candidates. If you are interested in a career with Citadel, please share your details and we will contact you if there is a vacancy available.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
Role Summary:
Are you excited about cutting-edge technology and making a tangible impact? Our team is at the forefront of innovation, designing and developing the distributed systems that power large-scale simulations for our researchers. These simulations are critical in developing the best models or alphas for live trading, directly generating revenue for our firm.
Opportunities may be available from time to time in any location in which the business is based for suitable candidates. If you are interested in a career with Citadel, please share your details and we will contact you if there is a vacancy available.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the data platform, focusing on efficiency and scalability
- Design and implement solutions for data storage and data management
- Build and maintain backups and recovery systems
- Work on data processing pipelines to improve performance and reliability
- Collaborate on initiatives related to cloud infrastructure and deployment
- Reason about data efficiency in high-performance environments
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong programming skills; proficiency in Go (primary language)
- Experience with C++ (preferred) and ability to transition to Go if primarily C++-based
- Background in the tech industry preferred; experience in finance industry a plus
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or other major providers)
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
Top Skills
AWS
C++
GCP
Go
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