Principal C Engineer

Pico fuels the global capital markets community by providing exceptional market data services and customized managed infrastructure solutions. As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Pico provides agile and transparent technology solutions to the Financial Markets community including infrastructure hosting, network connectivity, raw and normalized market data, Corvil analytics, and cloud services giving organizations the freedom to move fast. As financial industry experts at the center of markets and technology, we help our clients efficiently scale their business and quickly access markets. From infrastructure to connectivity, we support our clients through the full trading lifecycle. We are a global company headquartered in New York, with offices all around the globe.

The Role

This is an opportunity to join a world-leading engineering team working on the design and development of new features across Pico’s entire product range. Our Redline Trading Solutions provides ultra-low latency market data and order execution solutions that solve the toughest latency and throughput challenges in today’s equities, options, futures and foreign exchange markets. Our Corvil Analytics technology is used extensively by market participants to understand various aspects of their performance and execution, at both network and business level, in real-time and retrospectively. We are at a tremendously exciting stage with extensive, on-going innovative work and an exciting vision to fulfill.

We need brilliant engineers to help bring this technology into new markets and new deployment models. If you want to work with a team of highly-skilled engineers where learning and innovation are everyday activities; if you want to solve the problems encountered when normalizing and analyzing the firehose of data in real time – then Pico is what you are looking for.

Requirements:

BSc/MSc in a relevant Engineering disciple (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc)

A strong proficiency in C development under Linux with a focus on writing maintainable code

Strong knowledge of capital markets (equities, fixed income, etc) and trading concepts (order types, quotes, etc).

In-depth understanding of electronic trading protocols, including FIX.

Experience in developing high-performance systems, multi-threaded applications, and computer architecture

Automated testing (unit testing, integration testing) and Continuous Integration (Jenkins), including the delivery of CI aligned test automation

Insatiable appetite for problem-solving and learning about technology

Team player - excels in a collaborative environment while using initiative to the team’s benefit

Excellent customer service attitude, communication skills (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills

10+ years of relevant work experience including 5+ years working in the electronic trading technology space

This role is office-based, minimum expectation is hybrid office/remote work.

Experience/Knowledge of the following is desirable:

Multiple linux-based development environments, including tools such as gdb and valgrind

Performance tuning for specific hardware and OS platforms e.g. CPU isolation, kernel-bypass, memory bandwidth, etc.

Python and Java programming

IP networking and Packet capture analysis using tools such as Wireshark

Experience across multiple asset classes and end-to-end lifecycle of a trade

Experience working directly with clients and across various business teams

Experience as a Team Lead or similar management experience

Working Arrangements

This is a Hybrid position with weekly time in the office with the flexibility of working from home . Though travel may be required from time to time, it is not expected to be regular or frequent.

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Be a part of Pico Family

Pico is an equal opportunity employer. Pico does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at Pico are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.