Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2025 - Austin)

Tower Research Capital, a market-leading proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Quantitative Developer (C++) to join one of its trading teams in Hong Kong or Shanghai. You will be working for a successful MFT trading team, helping to enhance existing capabilities and increase robustness of live trading.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing a low latency high-frequency trading platform
• Assisting in the development of a tick by tick backtesting research platform
• Assisting in development and optimizing large-scale parallel computation problems that requires large quantities of data shared across resources
• Optimizing the computational efficiency of existing machine learning based algorithms to drive higher performance and faster learning rates
• Developing systems, interfaces and tools to historical market data and trading simulations that increase research productivity
• Creating tools to analyze data and generate insights that research decisions are based on

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of practical experience with C++ and 1-2 years of meaningful experience with Python
• A strong background in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
• Demonstrated academic excellence
• Strong working knowledge of Linux, and some SQL knowledge
• Brilliant detail oriented problem-solving abilities
• Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up
• A self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and own problems
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills in English for business purposes

Benefits

Tower continues to enhance the in-house trading system and strategies that have positioned the firm as a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. While Tower offers challenges and rewards rivaling those of any Wall Street firm, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
• 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
• International medical insurance
• Lunch and snacks on a daily basis
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.