Kronos Research Jobs

Job Description

Kronos Research is a technology and science-driven quantitative trading firm. Driven by our core values, we risk firm capital to pursue new ideas and profit opportunities with conviction and as such, we have been at the forefront of technology and research, quickly dominating newer markets such as applying HFT to cryptocurrency markets globally. We have reached milestones of trading more than $20 Billion USD in a single day alone and more than $ 5 Billion USD of average daily volume.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be one of the technical leaders of our core technology team that pushes the boundaries of our state-of-the-art high-frequency trading platform. You will come up with innovative yet simple solutions to tackle complex problems. You will reimagine how we solve engineering problems and lead our team to make major improvements. This is a highly selective opportunity for talented individuals that are looking to join a leading team in a fast growing quantitative trading industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of major software components, systems, and features
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve our core libraries
• Redesign our existing software architecture to improve efficiency and scalability, as well as reducing time effort and potential for errors on future development
• Leverage advanced algorithms and data structures to improve the speed and accuracy of our tick by tick backtesting research platform
• Interact directly with traders to communicate technology changes, manage incidents and troubleshoot problems
• Contribute to technical discussions, code reviews and internal sharing
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 8+ years of strong *hands-on* programming experience using C++14 (not C->
• Preferably, experience on low-latency C++
• Hands on technical leadership experience leading software engineers and setting technical direction
• Strong understanding of computer systems, multithreading, networks, and performance optimization
• Experience architecting and developing large-scale software systems
• Strong written communication skills and intermediate English skills
• Passion and curiosity for quant trading and cryptocurrency markets

*English resume acceptable only.

Salary

NT$ 3,000,000 ~ NT$ 6,000,000+ / year