What you'll do:
- Complete a 4-week onboarding program covering our trading systems, options fundamentals, and low-latency engineering practices
- Design, implement, and optimize low-latency C++ applications used to execute trading strategies across CME, ICE, CBOE, and other exchanges
- Collaborate closely with traders, quants, and other engineers to translate trading ideas into robust, production-ready systems
- Maintain and improve our existing trading tools and infrastructure, and help build new ones from scratch
- Contribute to diagnostic assessments and data analysis to help the team prioritize the highest-impact work
- Work hands-on with our proprietary quoting systems, models, and options-pricing infrastructure
- Gradually transition into production ownership with senior mentorship and ongoing support
Qualifications and skills:
- In your final year of study toward a BA, BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Strong proficiency in C++ (or a comparable systems language) and solid computer science fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, and concurrency
- Comfortable working in a Linux environment; familiarity with system-level programming is a plus
- Experience using AI agents to automate tasks and workflows is a plus
- Strong debugging instincts and a bias toward measuring before optimizing
Why Edgehog:
- Small team advantage: Direct access to founders and senior team members from day one
- Ownership early: Manage real P&L and make meaningful impact within your first year
- Cutting-edge tech: Work with our proprietary models and low-latency trading systems built in-house
- Tight feedback loops: Bi-weekly 1-on-1s with your mentor, quarterly reviews with leadership
- Chicago-based: Affordable cost of living, vibrant trading community
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with premiums 100% covered by the firm
- 401(k) with a 4% company match
- Unlimited paid time off and sick leave
- Free lunch, coffee, drinks, and snacks
- Commuter benefits
- Monthly happy hours and annual team events
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Base salary represents just one part of overall compensation; all full-time, permanent roles are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including items in the above list.
The base salary for this role is 140,000 USD per year