Software Engineering Manager - Market Data

Overview

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, ETF, and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions.

High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success.

Lead / Team Lead Responsibilities

At Belvedere Trading, our Team Leads are responsible for designing and leading projects from start to finish. They are thorough in code reviews and push for quality from their team members. Team Leads are very well versed with the current codebase, its constraints and problems all the while gauging risk impacts by looking at design and code. This role is also tasked with nurturing and enforcing technical practices among team members.

Exchange and Algo Framework Team

The Exchange and Algo Framework Team develops and manages all Belvedere Trading’s exchange-facing platforms for the traders. This team controls the order execution process and market data. The team is accountable for consistent order entry and market data interface for our electronic trading systems across the 20+ exchanges we interact with.

What you'll do

• Display strong vision and leadership skills
• Recognize system deficiencies, and architectural needs and implement effective solutions
• Monitor and ensure systems are running correctly and manage testing and deployment queues
• Manage and support team-owned components ranging from production issues to long-term strategic planning
• Identify latency issues and thoughtfully tune and optimize the platform
• Motivate the team to achieve team goals and encourage collaboration among members
• Provide training and mentorship to team members and ensure the team is cross-trained
• Understand the team’s system integration with the rest of Belvedere’s systems
• Help resolve team conflict and demonstrate respect when working with others
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to develop solutions for trading systems

What you'll need

$175,000 - $275,000 a year

Additionally, certain positions at Belvedere Trading are eligible for discretionary bonuses. Our employees have access to a variety of benefits, which can be found on our website here.

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer.

We welcome your application.

Core Values

The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values : Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Build Rockets, and Passionate Discourse . We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance

Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Work Schedule : Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours with the ability to be on-site prior to the start of business on occasion

Amount of Travel Required : None

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