Lead Trading Systems Engineer (USA)
Trexquant Investment LP — New York, NY
Posted: 2026-09-28
Job Description
• Lead the design and evolution of Trexquant's trading, research, and simulation infrastructure in Linux environments.
• Architect scalable, low-latency, high-throughput systems and a multi-asset simulation/backtesting platform spanning equities, futures, fixed income, and derivatives.
• Integrate and support the firm's Order Management System (OMS), optimize market-data processing, caching, time-series management, and distributed computation.
• Requires a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related STEM field and 6+ years of relevant infrastructure experience.
• Requires expert C++ (C++17/20), Java, or Python proficiency; preference for C++, plus knowledge of algorithms, concurrency, data structures, systems architecture, market microstructure, execution systems, and OMS infrastructure.