The Core Engineering Markets team is responsible for providing Tower’s trading strategies access to a wide and continually growing range of financial markets globally, including but not limited to providing access to new markets, developing cutting edge technical capabilities, ensuring optimal performance, and providing expert market intelligence. Responsibilities Designing and implementing a high-frequency trading platform, which includes collecting quotes and trades from and disseminating orders to exchanges around the world Optimizing this platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimize latency Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations Creating tools to analyze data for patterns Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools Qualifications A degree in computer science or a related field At least 5+ years of experience with C++ development, preferably in a trading environment A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming in C++ Brilliant problem-solving abilities The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment Strong communication skills in English for business purposes Good understanding of Linux operating system and Networking (TCP/IP and UDP) is a plus Knowledge of Python and shell scripts is a plus