Senior Application Engineer

Belvedere Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm proudly headquartered in downtown Chicago. Our traders work hard to provide liquidity to the market through their market-making activities and are the masters of a diverse set of commodities, interest rates, exchange-traded funds (ETF), and equity index options. From the beginning, we began iteratively investing in our proprietary technology and committing to building our systems from the ground up. Our trading models and software systems are continually re-engineered, optimized, and maintained to stay on top of the industry. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedicated efforts of our technology teams who utilize and perfect our innovative technology solutions. 

High-performance proprietary development is the source of our success and competitive advantage at Belvedere, further fueling our passion for performance. We are a team driven by intellectual curiosity, seeking answers that will change not only how we trade in this technological age, but also the future landscape of the trading industry. We place a high premium on defining, developing, and deploying high-performance trading software using a team-based, holistic development approach. We look for passionate team members that excel and their contribution is critical to our continued success. 

We are looking for a Senior Application Engineer to help drive the implementation and innovation of our application infrastructure. As a Senior Engineer, you will be integral in shaping the direction of our system architecture.  The applications that you'll be working with are the building blocks of our trading platform and our continuous integration environment. 

This team is dedicated to the development of systems that enable developers to become more effective and efficient.   

We focus on automating workflows and building core infrastructure systems that the Technology Department relies on. 

• Design and develop integrated solutions with automated tests to validate your changes. 
• Expand and enhance existing systems in the domains of Messaging, Service Discovery, Parameter Management, Build/Release Tooling, and Workflow Automation. 
• Own a solution from inception to delivery through receiving feedback from stakeholders, documenting design decisions, and establishing monitoring and long-term maintainability. 
• Expand your knowledge of all things that help other developers/quants be more effective. 
• Express your unique knowledge base to other team members to help us make better products and break established assumptions on how things should work. 
• Listen and learn from other team members to level up your design and development skills. 

• 4+ years of relevant systems development and architecture. 
• Experience with C++, plus one or two other languages (ideally C# or Python) 
• Experience with build tooling and dependency management (e,g, CMake, Bazel, Conan, rpm) 
• A deep understanding of development techniques and best practices for refactoring and designing highly maintainable code. 
• System architecture understanding including networking, failure tolerance, and complex system interactions. 
• Ability to take full ownership (design, implement, test, deploy, maintain) of projects 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit 

Women and underrepresented groups frequently apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications.

We encourage you to break that mold and apply. No candidate is perfect; all have a lot to offer.

We welcome your application.

Core Values

The secret to our award-winning culture is our Core Values: Team Belvedere, Me In Team, Own It, Build Rockets, and Passionate Discourse. We live and breathe these values every day.

Our Stance

Belvedere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a non-discriminatory employment environment for its employees. Discrimination against employees and applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, military, and veteran status is prohibited. Belvedere encourages initiatives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. Belvedere is committed to providing a positive environment in which team members are treated with respect, dignity, and courtesy. Our firm believes in a dynamic culture of inclusion and diversity, where people thrive on individual and organizational characteristics, values, experiences, and backgrounds.

Please note that Belvedere Trading does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of Team Belvedere. No phone calls, please.

Work Schedule: Regular and reliable attendance during standard business hours with the ability to be on-site prior to the start of business on occasion 

Amount of Travel Required: None