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Trading Technology Recruiting · Chicago
Chicago trading technology recruiters.
Low-latency engineers, quant developers, and market-data talent for Chicago's proprietary trading firms, funds, and exchanges — the CME and CBOE ecosystem.
Roles we place
The engineers behind Chicago's trading floors.
Chicago's trading firms compete for a small pool of specialized talent. We know where it is.
Low-Latency Engineers
C++ engineers obsessed with nanoseconds and throughput.
C++ · FPGA · Kernel bypass
Quant Developers
Developers who turn research into production trading systems.
C++ · Python · kdb+/q
Market Data & Infra
Engineers who build and feed the trading stack.
Market Data · Colo · Networking
Trading Systems
Full-stack developers for execution and OMS platforms.
OMS/EMS · Execution · Risk
Need a confidential trading hire?
For sensitive, off-market, or executive trading searches, we run those through our specialist partner — Stealth Recruiter — so the search never goes public.
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Questions we hear.
Do you recruit trading technology talent in Chicago?
Yes. Chicago is a global trading hub — home to CME, CBOE, and many proprietary trading firms. We recruit low-latency engineers, quant developers, and market-data professionals across that ecosystem.
What trading-tech roles do you place?
Low-latency C++ engineers, quant developers, market-data and infrastructure engineers, and trading-systems developers for prop shops, funds, and exchanges.
Do you handle confidential or off-market trading searches?
Yes — for confidential, NDA-first searches we run those through our specialist partner, Stealth Recruiter, so sensitive hires stay completely off-market.
Which firms do you work with?
Proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, market makers, and fintech across the Chicago trading ecosystem and beyond.
Building a trading-tech team in Chicago?
Tell us the role. For confidential searches we route to our specialist partner, Stealth Recruiter.
Request TalentOr email hello@chicagotechnicalrecruiter.com