Proprietary trading firm running automated, low-latency strategies in global markets
TransMarket Group is a Chicago-based proprietary trading firm whose stack pairs C++, Java and Python with PTP time sync, tcpdump and bare-metal provisioning tools (PXE, Foreman, iDRAC, iLO), a signature of latency-sensitive electronic trading on owned hardware. Hiring now tilts toward finance and trading roles across intern-to-senior levels, aimed at quant tooling, real-time trade analysis and automated trading software.
TransMarket Group is a privately held proprietary trading firm founded in 1980 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Puerto Rico and Switzerland. It trades its own capital across derivatives, fixed income, interest rates and energy markets, with risk management central to its operations. The firm employs 51–200 people. Its infrastructure spans Docker, VMware, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet and Salt, with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis for data and Grafana and Elasticsearch for monitoring.
TransMarket Group uses C++, Java, Python and C#, with Apache Airflow, Docker, VMware, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Grafana, Elasticsearch, GitLab and PTP for precise time synchronization.
TransMarket Group is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and also has offices in Puerto Rico and Switzerland. Current hiring is focused in the United States.
Job posts point to quantitative model tools and analytics, real-time trade analysis, automated trading software development, e-trading automation, and post-trade analysis with predictive modeling.
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