
Software Engineer Manager – Trade Selection
Belvedere Trading, LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $175,000 - $250,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Drive consistent improvements to trade selection, system performance, and overall architecture
- Set and execute on a high‑impact technical roadmap aligned with trading needs, research priorities, and firm strategy
- Prioritize and deliver production‑ready features while identifying and reducing technical debt affecting latency, stability, and model correctness
- Own and maintain high standards for code quality, low‑latency performance, testability, and system reliability
- Provide strong people leadership through coaching, mentorship, and proactive unblocking to sustain execution velocity and grow team capability
- Mentor engineers to deepen expertise in low‑latency design, C++, and options trading concepts
- Contribute hands‑on with targeted features, optimizations, bug fixes, and data analysis to validate behavior and resolve production issues
- Incorporate feedback from traders, quants, and partner engineering teams, and clearly communicate timelines, risks, and status to stakeholders and leadership.
Requirements
- 5+ years in a technical/coding role with experience delivering high‑performance software
- Formal experience managing and mentoring software developers
- Demonstrated success managing projects through all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Strong experience designing and architecting end‑to‑end systems, ideally in a low‑latency environment
- Expert C++ fluency required; ability to provide thoughtful code reviews
- Additional experience in Python (or C#) is a strong plus
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment
- A proactive mindset with a desire to continuously learn and improve.
Benefits
- Additionally, certain positions at Belvedere Trading are eligible for discretionary bonuses
- Our employees have access to a variety of benefits, which can be found on our website
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
C++PythonC#low-latency designsoftware development lifecyclecode qualitysystem reliabilitytestabilitydata analysisperformance optimization
Soft Skills
people leadershipcoachingmentorshipcommunicationcollaborationproactive mindsetproblem-solvingproject managementexecution velocityteam capability