Junior Software Engineer at Geneva Trading in Chicago Office

Summary: Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm focused on trading excellence and technological innovation. They are seeking a Junior Software Engineer to work closely with Traders and Quantitative Researchers, optimizing trading applications and ensuring the reliability of their trading strategies. Responsibilities: - Collaborative Development: Work daily within a tight-knit unit of Traders and Quants to translate high-frequency strategies into production-ready code - Systems-Level Optimization: Build and tune trading applications using Modern C++, with a heavy focus on OS-level performance (e.g., CPU affinity, memory management, and kernel bypass) - Research & Diagnostic Tooling: Leverage Python to build high-speed data pipelines, backtesting frameworks, and real-time monitoring tools to analyze strategy behavior - Deep-Dive Problem Solving: Act as the "systems expert" for the desk—diagnosing jitter, race conditions, or latency spikes by digging into the Linux stack (schedulers, interrupts, and syscalls) - Execution Excellence: Maintain a "zero-error" mindset, ensuring the absolute correctness of trading logic in a high-stakes, real-time environment Required Qualifications: - BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a strong academic focus on Operating Systems - Professional-level understanding of pointers, memory layout, and concurrency in C++ - Ability to write clean, efficient code for data analysis and automation in Python - Deep knowledge of Linux/Unix internals - A natural drive to deconstruct complex systems Required Skills: C++, Linux/Unix internals Important Skills: Python, Operating Systems Nice-to-Have Skills: Curiosity Benefits: A competitive total rewards package, A comprehensive benefits program