Junior Quantitative Latency Engineer

Job description

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking curious, thoughtful engineers who enjoy working with data and solving real-world technical problems to join our growing Market Structure Analysis team. In this role as a Quantitative Latency Engineer, you’ll apply data-driven methodologies to understand and optimize trading technology and real-time interactions with financial markets across the globe, spanning traditional and crypto exchanges. No prior finance experience is needed! Responsibilities: - Contribute directly to impactful improvements to HRT’s low-latency trading systems - Analyze large datasets to understand how complex systems and networks behave in real-world conditions, such as exchange technology and performance of HRT systems - Build Python-based tools and scripts to collect, clean, and visualize data in a clear and actionable way - Design and run experiments to measure the impact of changes and identify opportunities for improvement - Collaborate closely with HRT’s Algorithm Development, Trading Technology, and Business Development teams to discover, research, and implement improvements to HRT’s architecture - Liaise with exchanges globally to better understand their technolo...