Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking to solve complex problems in trading by building and deploying cutting-edge systems within an advanced computing environment. They need skilled Software Engineers to improve scheduling efficiency, enhance developer experience, leverage LLMs for operational support, profile computer usage, and build systems for trading venue interaction and risk monitoring.
Requirements
- Proficiency in either Python or C++ will be assessed during the interview process.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design principles.
Responsibilities
- Improving scheduling efficiency of distributed computations, speeding up research iteration.
- Enhancing developer experience through language tooling, jupyter extensions, and AI tools.
- Leveraging LLMs to make operational support tasks faster and more efficient.
- Profiling computer usage at all levels, from system calls to large scale distributed computations.
- Building systems to interact with trading venues and monitor risk.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust, efficient, and scalable software systems.
- Debug complex issues across distributed systems in a time-sensitive environment.
Other
- Challenging classes, programs, and projects are preferred.
- Previous experience at a top-tier finance or technology company with an excellent track record of rapid advancement and superlative reviews.
- Experience with applications of cutting-edge technology is preferred; being a core contributor to said technology is even better.
- Kindness and empathy is a real requirement. No “smart jerks” at HRT.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- The ability to thoughtfully, methodically, and reliably deploy new software and features is a critical skill.
- If you have management experience, that’s always a bonus – but even so, expect to code!
