Software Engineer - Trading Systems
WorldQuant · Greenwich, CT
$150,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 25, 2026
Greenwich, CT
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A front-office C++ engineering role focused on building and improving next-generation trading platforms at a quantitative investment firm. Day-to-day work involves writing low-latency, high-throughput code, developing mission-critical trading infrastructure, and collaborating with portfolio managers to implement and migrate trading systems. Suited to experienced C++ engineers with strong systems programming backgrounds; finance experience is a plus but not required.
Senior level · 4+ years · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,900 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 700–2,450
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,335 (middle half $106,829–$171,337). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The role lists four office locations — Chicago, NYC, CT (Connecticut), and Austin — with no remote option indicated. Chicago is used as the primary CBSA; candidates may be based at any of the four sites.
Finance/trading domain experience is explicitly called out as preferred but not required, so it is omitted from the skills list rather than marked preferred (it names no specific technology or tool).
The JD states a minimum of 4 years of high-performance C++ experience; this drives both the skill's years demanded and the overall years minimum. The seniority band is Senior given the scope (mission-critical trading infrastructure, next-generation platform) and the 4-year floor.
Data structures and algorithms knowledge is listed as a hard requirement but names no specific technology or tool, so it is omitted per extraction rules.
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