Java Engineer - Fitting Chicago

As a Java Developer you will have an opportunity to work closely with traders, quants and talented technologists to deliver value at the very heart of our ecosystem. You will work on systems that are critical to the success of CTC. Collaboration, flexibility and attention to detail will be the key attributes vital to your success!

The Fitting team is responsible for building and maintaining the workflows that manage the parameters to our pricing models. The process of fitting requires traders to understand which parameters need to be modified, and in which ways, in order to influence CTC’s option pricing and risk management. At CTC, we employ a number of sophisticated models to represent various market concepts such as volatility, interest rates, and the riskiness of tradeable assets.

Engineers focus on partnering with trading and quant to evaluate modeling ideas and to provide necessary information to traders and automated systems to make real-time fitting decisions.

• Partner with other technology teams to use existing services and solutions in support of your business partners.
• Stay up-to-date on product features, technology, and computing trends.
• Collaborate with traders, quants and technologists to drive requirements
• Architect high-performance full-stack solutions to tackle business problems
• Participate and share your expertise during design and code reviews
• Partner with our Platform team to ensure that the software delivered is high quality and easy run in a production environment

• 2 + years of professional Java programming experience
• Experience with multi-threaded programming and distributed application architecture
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to create pragmatic solutions balancing tactical and strategic needs
• Ability to quickly triage issues and see through to the solution
• Experience in the financial industry is a plus