Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Core Development is a global team of technologists who architect, build and maintain our world-class trading platform. From optimizing our core trading engine to building custom hardware, we leverage software & hardware engineering, data science and research, to deliver the infrastructure and tools that drive our trading and business needs.

Jump Trading established its dedication to the China market with the launch of our Shanghai office in late 2017 with the ambition of building an independently operational office. Due to this ambition, we are growing our competencies in Trading, Technology and Operations. We bring together the best of two worlds; A start-up environment powered by Global Jump Trading dedication and resources.

What You'll Do:

• Will be a part of a dynamic team working on developing and maintaining Jump's Algorithmic Trading Platform.
• Have to be focused on C++ functionality, alongside our Quant/Traders who will also be hands on with C++.
• Responsible for creating and optimizing scalable, multi-tiered applications and infrastructure.
• Need to be able to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced and energetic environment.
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills You’ll Need:

• Strong computer programming skills using C++ in a Linux environment
• Strong understanding of computer systems e.g. operating systems, networks, performance optimization, etc
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and strong commitment to testing and quality assurance
• Track record of independently tackling challenging technical problems as well as part of a team
• Team player, with good communication, interpersonal skills and a humble and cooperative attitude
• Ideally 4+ years in C++ development with experience in building algorithmic trading systems
• Bachelor's or Masters’ degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related field
• Reliable and predictable availability