Chicago Trading Company
Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms
13open roles
$250kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 60 of 100
138 daysmedian time a role stays open
Overview
Who We Are Careers Job Search News / Events Campus Recruiting WHO WE ARE CAREERS JOB SEARCH NEWS & EVENTS CAMPUS RECRUITING 01 About Us 02 Locations 03 Contact Us About Us Chicago Trading Company is a proprietary trading firm founded in 1995.
How Chicago Trading Company hires
Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
138 days
Ghost roles
21%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Chicago Trading Company scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 14 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 21% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 138 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$140k – $160k per year · Hybrid · 3+ years exp · Chicago
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$175k – $250k per year · Hybrid · Chicago · New York
Python
Java
C++
Gradle
C++
Conan
CMake
DevOps
Bazel
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$200k – $250k per year · Hybrid · 5+ years exp · Chicago · New York
C++
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$225k – $250k per year · Hybrid · 5+ years exp · Chicago · New York
C++
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≈ $118k – $233k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · New York
Python
Java
C++
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≈ $48k – $89k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · London
Python
SQL
Bash
Snowflake
DevOps
Incident Management
Linux
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$175k – $225k per year · Hybrid · Chicago
Python
SQL
Bash
Snowflake
DevOps
Incident Management
Linux
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$200k – $250k per year · Hybrid · Chicago
Python
SQL
C++
DuckDB
Trino
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
HPC
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$250k – $300k per year · Hybrid · 10+ years exp · PhD · Chicago · New York
Python
Pandas
NumPy
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$200k – $300k per year · Hybrid · 5+ years exp · PhD · Chicago · New York
Python
Pandas
NumPy
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$175k – $225k per year · Hybrid · Chicago
Python
C++
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NumPy
Time Series
DevOps
HPC
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$85k – $300k
Open positions
13
9
Jobs
Junior
11.1%
Middle
11.1%
Senior
44.4%
Staff
22.2%
Principal
11.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $85k | $85k |
| Middle | 1 | $160k | $160k |
| Senior | 4 | $250k | $250k – $300k |
| Staff | 2 | $250k | $250k |
| Principal | 1 | $300k | $300k |
Highest paying role
Quantitative Researcher - Systematic
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Chicago Trading Company
By role, level and city, against the market · 13 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
15
1 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
139 days
faster than 8% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
11/11/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
HR
30% ▼
Backend
20% ▲
Industrial Engineering
20% ▼
AI/ML
10% ▼
Data Science
10% ▼
Support
10% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Entra ID to stack
Nov 2026
Added Gradle to stack
Oct 2026
Added Conan to stack
Oct 2026
Added CMake to stack
Oct 2026
Added Bazel to stack
Oct 2026
Added Trino to stack
Oct 2026
Added Spark to stack
Oct 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack
Oct 2026
Added GCP to stack
Oct 2026
Added DuckDB to stack
Oct 2026
Added Azure to stack
Oct 2026
Added AWS to stack
Oct 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Chicago Trading Company over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
34
Postings analysed
17
Stack modernity
68/100
Languages
Python47%
C++41%
Java24%
SQL18%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy6%
Databases
Snowflake12%
Apache Iceberg6%
DuckDB6%
Trino6%
Cloud & platforms
Linux18%
Active Directory12%
Windows Server12%
AWS6%
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News
Options Trading, Evolved: Our Refreshed Brand and New Website
By Josh Schubkegel and Lauren Rauch, Co-CEOs, CTC Today, Chicago Trading Company launches a refreshed brand and a new website. The new look is a more modern expression of CTC, with a clearer structure and a stronger focus on the people and culture behind
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University of Chicago Launches Program to Train Next Generation of Quantitative Developers
Newswise - The University of Chicago Data Science Institute (DSI) and Financial Mathematics Program are launching the new Quantitative Developer (QD) Certificate, combining training in advanced software engineering with financial expertise. Full-stack qua
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CTC Names Lauren Rauch and Josh Schubkegel as Co-CEOs
Lauren Rauch and Josh Schubkegel will take over as Co-CEOs of the Chicago Trading Company ("CTC") corporate group. Jonathan Grodnick, the firm's current CEO, is stepping down and will remain on CTC's Board of Directors. "I am excited to pass the baton to
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
8
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago
United States
HQ
Chicago
13 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 69% engineering $231k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Backend, AI/ML
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
New York
7 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 71% engineering $240k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Data Science, Leadership
151 W 42nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, NY 10036
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
London
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Support
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Regional office
Amsterdam
Gustav Mahlerplein 28, 1082 MA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Philadelphia
United States
Regional office
Philadelphia
Miami
United States
Regional office
Miami
Austin
United States
Regional office
Austin
Boulder
United States
Regional office
Boulder