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Software Engineer, Core Data

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Software Engineer, Core Data in USA new

  • Aquatic Capital Management
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Chicago, IL

Responsibilities

  • Implement and enhance market-data feed handlers for proprietary equities protocols such as ITCH, GTP, and PITCH.
  • Build and maintain accurate, complete, consistent, quant-ready data archives.
  • Collaborate with quantitative researchers to optimize the presentation of data products.
  • Support new-market rollouts by identifying market nuances and recommending solutions.
  • Contribute to reference data, universe, and non-market data initiatives across the Core Data team.
  • Share market-data processing expertise, identify improvements, and mentor growing teammates.
  • Build clear, documented, maintainable systems and improve supported systems over time.

Requirements

  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5–10 years of professional software development experience, including 4+ years in the trading industry or hands-on experience at a market-data provider.
  • Strong C++ and Python skills with a record of building production-grade systems.
  • Hands-on experience implementing and maintaining handlers for proprietary equities protocols such as ITCH, GTP, or PITCH.
  • Strong understanding of order books, trade and quote conditions, auctions, odd lots, corrections, and venue-specific behavior.
  • Experience maintaining quant-ready data archives, including normalization, gap detection, reconciliation, and backfills.
  • Rust experience is a plus.
  • Exposure to quantitative research needs, reference data, or data-pipeline tooling such as Dagster or Polars is helpful but not required.
  • Ability to work autonomously across teams, build stakeholder alignment, and provide and receive actionable feedback.

Benefits

  • Fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Competitive 401k plan and employer-paid life and disability insurance.
  • Wellness programs, casual dress, snacks, lunch, game room, and team and company events.
  • Open environment supporting learning and knowledge sharing.
  • Generous PTO, paid holidays, and competitive paid caregiver leave.

Salary: $150k - $300k/yr

Aquatic Capital Management

Aquatic Capital Management is a privately held quantitative investment firm that develops systematic trading strategies for global financial markets. It manages capital for institutional and accredited investors and runs a research and production trading platform spanning on-premises infrastructu...

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