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The company applies a scientific approach to investing, combining cutting-edge technology, artificial intelligence, data science, and quantitative research with rigorous human inquiry to capitalize on market opportunities and deliver alpha for investors.\nOur team of engineers, quantitative researchers and data scientists looks beyond the traditional to test hypotheses and develop creative solutions to some of the world's most complex economic problems.\nYou will be joining a team responsible for ensuring the firm has access to robust, highly performant means of trading as well as working with our modeling teams to optimize our trading systems. In this role, you will use your knowledge of market structure and high performance programming techniques to improve our platform and capabilities. You'll quickly engage with new research areas, deepen your expertise with Two Sigma data and tools, maintain high coding standards, and identify impactful projects in a multifaceted and critical field! If this sounds like an exciting role, we encourage you to apply today!\nYou will take on the following responsibilities:\nBuild platforms for simulation and live trading of different financial markets, instruments, and trading algorithms.\nExtend trading platforms to cover new markets and new asset classes, accounting for the financial details of those securities; review software code for errors and improvements.\nAnalyze performance of software and other quantitative measures to inform decision making regarding the design and improvements of the trading systems.\nDesign, engineer, and implement various financial trading and measurement software applications.\nProvide software support to traders implementing their portfolio orders.\n\nYou should possess the following qualifications:\nMinimum 1 year of experience required; 2-6 years of experience preferred systems level development.\nBS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.\nExperience with C, C++, or Rust is required. 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