Low Latency Software Developer

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>About the Company:</strong></span></p> <p>AlphaGrep is a quantitative trading and investment firm founded in 2010. We are one of the largest firms by trading volume on Indian exchanges and have significant market shares on several large global exchanges as well. We use a disciplined and systematic quantitative approach to identify factors that consistently generate alpha. These factors are then coupled with our proprietary ultra-low latency trading systems and robust risk management to develop trading strategies across asset classes (equities, commodities, currencies, fixed income) that trade on global exchanges.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AlphaGrep Securities seeks a Software Developer who will be part of our infrastructure development group based in Shanghai and help them design in – house trading applications which are robust and extremely fast. </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Design, develop and test proprietary software. Examples include:</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trading strategy simulation software optimized for distributed computation</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Real time trade management and risk analysis</span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders and researchers in cross-functional team environments</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2+ years of hands-on Software Development experience in C++</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brilliant problem-solving abilities</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi‐threaded applications, computational intelligence and real‐time programming </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A passion for new technologies and ideas</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong communication skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A working knowledge of Linux/Unix</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Why You Should Join Us:</strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></p> <ul>