Grupo Oricteropo Tropical (GO Tropical) is a Puerto Rican Act 20 company, established to export services such as centralized management (group “headquarters” for TransMarket Group), capital allocation, risk management, model and strategy research and development, and software development, to its international affiliates and customers. Our mission is to bless others through the services we provide and through generous stewardship of the wealth we create.
Founded in 1980 as Aardvark Financial, TransMarket Group (TMG) is a privately held global markets proprietary trading firm. We trade successfully by using the unique talents we have been blessed with. We use next generation technology to capture opportunities around the world and manage risk in financial markets. We have an entrepreneurial culture and collaboratively develop our business with patience and discipline; we work hard, learn constantly, and relentlessly improve our expertise
Role and Responsibilities
- Work with Sr. Software Developers to assist and learn all facets of software development applied to the automated trading business.
- Develop, code, maintain, and support production quality automated components for global proprietary trading
- Develop expertise in software development principles, C++, and high performance automated trading systems.
- Collaborate with technology, software, trading, business, and accounting/finance teams
Education and Experience Requirements
- Passion for software and math applied to markets and trading
- Strong understanding of computing, math, probability, statistics, finance also preferred
- Programming profiency and experience (C++, C#, Python). Linux scripting a plus
- Strong work ethic and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
- Ability to work in a fast paced team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in a technical or industry related field
TMG is a meritocracy with a team oriented collaborative and entrepreneurial culture. We have the intensity and passion of a technology start up while maintaining the stability and storied history of a respected member of the global financial system.
The opportunity before our team is enormous. Trading organizations around the world extract hundreds of billions of dollars in profits each year for the service of facilitating risk transfer and restoring order to prices that inform all economic decisions. The markets will always need liquidity providers; our job is to be the best.
Benefits
We believe in the concept of a team, and that all of our employees should be able to participate in our organization’s rapid growth and success. Throughout the years, we have been known to have one of the most generous profit sharing programs in the industry. Some of our benefits for interns include:
- Casual dress code
- Food/snacks- catered lunch daily, fully stocked kitchen with drinks, fruit, snacks, etc
- Frequent company outings