Group One Trading - Chicago, IL
posted 1 day ago
- Intern
Chicago, IL
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
About the position
Group One Trading, a dynamic options trading firm, is actively seeking highly-motivated people who are interested in learning and getting hands-on experience with electronic trading systems. Our system is built on the .NET platform using C#. The system has enough variety to challenge and interest anyone: an information-dense user interface, a high-throughput, low latency parallel computational core, service-oriented architecture, and interfaces to exchanges' market data and execution systems.
Responsibilities
- Complete your initial orientation, become familiar with our environment, our infrastructure, and our business.
- Learn the roles and skillsets of your Dev teammates to discern and utilize the best advice and information for yourself and others.
- Engage and contribute directly to projects with real implications for our traders and company.
Requirements
- Completing or working towards a BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Familiarity with a C-style object-oriented language: C#, Java, C++, or Objective-C.
- Solid Computer Science and software development fundamentals.
- Desire to learn and grow as a software developer.
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with colleagues across different functional units and locations.
Nice-to-haves
- Encouragement for applicants with non-traditional backgrounds to apply.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package which includes company-paid housing or housing stipend.
- Individualized mentorship.
- Fresh fruit and snacks daily.
- Casual dress environment.
- Social events.
- In-person interview expenses for travel and childcare will be reimbursed by Group One.
