🚀 Head of Core C++ Low Latency Dev / CTO - Prop Trading - Chi

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Huxley

💰 Earn $200.000 – $250.000 / year
  • 📍 Location: Chicago
  • 📅 Posted: Oct 25, 2025

Overview

Head of Core C++ Low Latency Development / CTO - Proprietary Trading - Chicago

Responsibilities

  • Lead a core C++ low-latency development team (initial scope 10, potentially up to 20 people).
  • Provide technical leadership and influence product and architectural decisions for a proprietary trading firm with activities across equities, options, and futures.
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to define the technical roadmap and ensure delivery of high-performance systems.
  • Mentor engineers, foster a strong engineering culture, and drive best practices in low-latency development.

Qualifications

  • Strong background in C++ with low-latency trading experience.
  • Experience leading a technical team; potential CTO track or equivalent leadership role.

Compensation

Base pay range $10.00/yr - $15.00/yr

Company and Equal Opportunity

A proprietary trading firm with offices in Chicago, NYC, and Miami; EOE Statement: Specialist Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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