Job Description:
Building trusted markets — powered by our people
At Cboe Global Markets, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters. We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.
We’re building meaningful ways to support professional and personal development while strengthening the trust we’ve earned as a global market leader. Our teams are empowered to share ideas, actively pursue them and bring on a challenge. As champions of internal mobility and access to opportunity, we encourage our people to “go for it” and equip our managers with the training to coach their teams to the next level. We strive to provide employees a safe space to network, share ideas and create opportunities.
To support strong partnership and team connection, this role follows a four day in office work model.
Role Overview
Cboe Data Vantage is looking for an experienced software engineer who is excited about combining strong engineering skills with financial quantitative analysis. The role focuses on modeling a diverse set of financial instruments and includes portfolio analysis. You will work within a team of seasoned developers, technologists, and quants all with deep experience in financial markets and financial modeling. Data Vantage’s clients are among the largest and most prestigious financial institutions and rely on our expertise in this space.
Your responsibilities will be:
Develop, optimize, and debug real-time financial analytics software
Evaluate, tune, and improve model performance, stability, and accuracy
Analyze market data, derived market data, and reference data
Collaborate closely with our reference data, real-time data, and historical data teams
Provide 2nd level support for production applications developed by the team. Respond to customer questions regarding our analytics and models
Write technical specifications, project plans, and documentation
Regular communication with senior managers and technical colleagues
Work with sales team to support presales engagements
The ideal candidate has:
3+ years in Java or C# (or equivalent), including understanding of parallel and multithreaded design patterns.
1+ year in C++ preferred — our system is primarily Java, but performance-critical calculations run in C/C++ and CUDA
Background in financial markets, derivatives pricing, and/or risk analysis. Equity derivatives experience is a plus.
Ability to explain a complex software system end-to-end, from inputs to output, including its design rationale and business value
Ability to work as a self-starter; take ownership of projects from start to finish; develop requirements and specifications; QA testing, documentation and production release
Education: Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, but a master’s degree preferred.
Benefits and Perks
We value the total wellbeing of our people – including health, financial, personal and social wellness. We believe standard benefits like health insurance and fair pay are given at any organization. Still, you should know what we offer:
Medical Coverage
Prescription Drug Coverage
Additional Medical Benefit
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage
401K or Pension Company Match
Spending Accounts
Life and AD&D Insurance
Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Voluntary & Additional Benefits
Paid Time Off
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