Hudson River Trading
Posted 98 days agoVerified live 2d ago
Software Engineer – C++
Brief overview
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesIn-person
UndergradOr in progress
$200k–$300k/yrStated range
1+ yrsMinimum
75 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
29 green cardsCertified filings
1+ years of professional work experienceAdvanced C++ experience is requiredDaily use of advanced C++
About the company
Hudson River Tradinghudsonrivertrading.com
Hudson River Trading opertes as a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm.
Visa sponsorship history
4 years sponsoring, last filed FY2026
Data powered by U.S. Department of Labor. This does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.75H-1B approved
100%approval rate
31new H-1B hires
29PERM certified
$175,000median wage / yr
H-1B Petition ApprovalsVisas USCIS actually granted: the strongest sign the company sponsors.
202331
202416
202524
20264
LCA Certified ApplicationsAn early filing step, not a visa approval: it signals intent, not confirmed sponsorship.
202311
20245
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20264
Green Card (PERM) FilingsCertified green card filings: a long-term commitment to international hires.
20237
20247
202515
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Job description
Summary
Hudson River Trading (HRT) is a company that applies a scientific approach to trading financial products. They are seeking C++ Engineers to build highly performant, fault-tolerant systems that power trading across global markets, working in a collaborative environment to solve complex problems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize infrastructure for market data, order entry and execution logic, spanning tens of asset classes including options, equities, futures, crypto, and fixed income
- Design fault-tolerant, low-latency systems for live trading, including encoding/prioritization of data over WAN links and recovery from hardware failures
- Profile and improve performance-critical code for both throughput and latency in production environments
- Build and maintain infrastructure that drives products including client-facing wholesale and SDP platforms, distributed network filesystems, and scalable research workflows
- Write software that interfaces with specialized hardware such as FPGAs and ASICs used in trading systems
Skills
- 1+ years of professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
- Advanced C++ experience is required
- Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
- Daily use of advanced C++
Qualifications
Must Haves
- 1+ years of professional work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Superior design, debugging, and problem solving skills
- Advanced C++ experience is required
- Knowledge of UNIX operating systems (we use Linux), system/processor performance, and network communication
Nice to Haves
- daily use of advanced C++
Benefits
- Discretionary performance-based bonuses
- Competitive benefits package