Title: Senior .NET Algo Trading Engineer
Work location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months Plus
Position Description
We're growing rapidly and are looking for a Trading Engineer responsible for analyzing business processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translating them into actionable requirements.
Role Overview
The role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing highperformance trading system components for frontoffice use. It combines deep .NET engineering expertise with handson algorithmic trading experience, marketmicrostructure understanding, and advanced backtesting capabilities. The engineer will work closely with traders, quants, and technology teams to deliver robust, lowlatency execution and strategyimplementation platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and develop high performance C# .NET trading components with a focus on scalability, reliability, and low latency
- Implement multithreaded and asynchronous workflows for real time trading and market data processing
- Integrate with exchange APIs and market data feeds, ensuring deterministic and fault tolerant behavior
- Build and maintain algorithmic trading strategies, including execution logic and signal driven workflows
- Develop advanced backtesting frameworks, including walk forward optimization and robustness testing
- Collaborate with traders and quants to translate trading ideas into production ready systems
- Design modular system components that support rapid iteration, simulation, and deployment
- Ensure best practices in performance tuning, monitoring, and system observability
Required Skills.
- Strong proficiency in C# .NET, including best practices for performance and scalability..
- Multithreading and low-latency apps. Asynchronous messaging.
- Understanding of market microstructure (orderbooks, exchanges, types of orders). Front office algo trading experience (preferably strategy implementation).
- Proficiency in advanced backtesting methodologies, including walk-forward optimization and robust testing..
- Experience integrating with market data feeds and exchange APIs..
- Ability to design and implement modular and scalable trading system components.
Nice to have Skills.
- Knowledge of Cloud Platforms. Experience of ETRM systems for trading. Gas/Power Trading knowledge - Short-term trading, physical assets trading (CCGT, Wind, Solar, Battery). Forex Trading experience.
- Risk - Modelling & understanding of risk & risk management.. Commodity Modelling - Energy (power, gas, environmental products) and meteorology..
- UI experience (Blazor). Knowledge of Information Management, data strategy and governance. Commercial skills in Value Assurance, Value estimation and Realization, end-to-end value mapping.
Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.
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