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Founded in 1999, Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago, Dublin, and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform, enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets. Rooted in a culture of integrity, collaboration, and an unwavering passion for progress, we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation, laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.   Junior Software Engineer (Trading Systems & OS)   Location:  Chicago, IL (Loop)  Team:  Proprietary Trading Group   The Opportunity   Geneva Trading is seeking a Junior Software Engineer with a  s ystems-programming pedigree to join our Chicago headquarters. In this role, you will be an integral part of a  specialized development staff that works side-by-side with Traders and Quantitative Researchers.  We aren't looking for a "back-office" developer; we need a  problem solver  who wants to sit at the intersection of code and the markets. You will use your understanding of Operating Systems and low-level architecture to ensure our strategies are the fastest and most reliable in the world. This role is for the  curious mind —the engineer who doesn’t just want to write a strategy but wants to understand exactly how the Linux kernel handles every packet that strategy sends.   Core Responsibilities   Collaborative Development:  Work daily within a tight-knit unit of  Traders and Quants  to translate high-frequency strategies into production-ready code.   Systems-Level Optimization:  Build and tune trading applications using  Modern C++ , with a heavy focus on OS-level performance (e.g., CPU affinity, memory management, and kernel bypass).   Research & Diagnostic Tooling:  Leverage  Python  to build high-speed data pipelines, backtesting frameworks, and real-time monitoring tools to analyze strategy behavior.   Deep-Dive Problem Solving:  Act as the "systems expert" for the desk—diagnosing jitter, race conditions, or latency spikes by digging into the Linux stack (schedulers, interrupts, and syscalls).   Execution Excellence:  Maintain a "zero-error" mindset, ensuring the absolute correctness of trading logic in a high-stakes, real-time environment.   The Technical Profile   Education:  BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with a strong academic focus on  Operating Systems .   Language Proficiency:   C++:  Professional-level understanding of pointers, memory layout, and concurrency.   Python:  Ability to write clean, efficient code for data analysis and automation.   OS Fundamentals:  Deep knowledge of  Linux/Unix internals . You should understand how the OS manages hardware resources and how to optimize that interaction for speed.   The "Curious" Mindset:  A natural drive to deconstruct complex systems. You are the person who reads the man pages and enjoys figuring out the "why" behind a system's behavior.   The Geneva Environment   High-Touch Collaboration:  You are part of the trading desk’s heartbeat, where feedback loops between code and market impact are measured in microseconds.   Intellectual Rigor:  Solve non-trivial puzzles alongside some of the brightest minds i