Inside Sales Representatives – Chicago, IL
Due to continuing growth, TradeStation Securities has several openings for driven inside sales professionals. Our Active Trader Sales department is seeking self-motivated team players to professionally articulate the benefits of our industry-leading online brokerage platform. Representatives will pre-qualify prospective clients based upon our suitability criteria required to open a new account, and then assist prospective clients with the account opening process.

An Extraordinary Opportunity:

1. Sell new accounts for a brokerage that is growing.
2. We generate high-quality leads.
3. We are a direct-access brokerage. No managing of portfolios required.
4. Our back-testing and trading automation platform is an industry standard.
5. We offer a positive, passionate, fast-paced family-like culture.

Ideal candidates must have excellent oral communication skills, high ethical standards, proven track record in sales with a minimum of 2 years brokerage sales experience preferred.  Active Series 7 and/or Series 3 Licenses strongly preferred, but may provide sponsorship for otherwise well qualified sales candidates.

Client Support Representatives – Plantation, FL and Chicago, IL
Our Client Services department is seeking team players with positive attitudes and good problem solving skills to provide clients with technical support and client services through service excellence; to support clients with downloading our products, setting up their account, billing issues, user education, and troubleshooting technical issues.  The incumbent will handle technical support calls to assist clients with timely and accurate answers to their questions, assist with daily technical support emails and use problem-solving skills to quickly resolve client’s inquiries.  Ideal candidates will be computer savvy, will have excellent skills in technical troubleshooting,  good problem solving skills, have a customer-focused attitude, extreme attention to detail, superior communication skills both by phone and email and possess a strong technical aptitude, including experience with email, the Internet, and Microsoft Office products.  A four-year college degree or technical certification preferred or a minimum of one year of relevant experience and/or training in a professional service environment, combined with a high level of patience and the ability to work in a structured and fast-paced environment.  May have to travel for business continuity.

EasyLanguage Engineer – Richardson, TX
Our Richardson, Texas branch office is seeking a qualified, creative EasyLanguage Engineer to help design and develop technical analysis studies and trading tools using our proprietary development language called EasyLanguage®.  Support our large and growing online community at the TradeStation Securities support web site via the EasyLanguage discussion forums and wiki.  Provide technical assistance to active and institutional traders to translate their trading ideas and approaches into customized studies and automated trading strategies in EasyLanguage.  Help advanced users and third-party developers extend the capabilities of EasyLanguage via C++ DLL’s, including algorithmic trading solutions.  Develop EasyLanguage studies and other tools for inclusion as built-ins with the TradeStation software.  Assist in the education and training of new EasyLanguage users.

REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline. Solid experience in technical analysis and EasyLanguage. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Series 3, 7 and 63 licenses (or such licenses must be obtained within 90 days). Willingness to relocate to the Dallas metropolitan area.

PREFERRED:
Trading experience in the financial markets (equities, futures, options, forex).  Experience in C++.

Equity Trading Desk Registered Representative - Plantation, FL or Chicago, IL
TradeStation Securities is seeking a Registered Representative to execute incoming trades from our clients and deal with any trade-related issues.  Knowledge of various execution systems is preferred. Active Series 7, 63, 55 licenses and strong knowledge of equity and option markets required.  The successful candidate will have a high degree of attention to detail, strong sense of urgency and professionalism, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment.

Futures Trade Desk Registered Representative - Plantation, FL or Chicago, IL
TradeStation Securities is seeking a Registered Representative with 2 years of futures trading desk experience to execute incoming trades from our clients and deal with any trade-related issues.  The successful candidate must possess a strong knowledge of futures/commodities markets and relevant margin requirements and will have a high degree of attention to detail, strong sense of urgency, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment. Experience with major discount brokerage firms preferred.  Active Series 3 and Series 30 licenses required

New Accounts Representative – Plantation, FL
Our Clearing Operations is looking for a professional representative to work in the New Accounts Operations Department to open new accounts using the Sungard Phase 3 and OLS systems, process account changes working with the customer database (Onyx), preparing forms for our clearing firms and working with other departments, primarily Sales and Cashiering, to ensure accounts are correctly established.  The ideal candidate would be computer savvy, with extreme attention to detail, four year college degree or equivalent experience, or six months to one year related self-clearing operations experience and/or training.  Knowledge of the securities industry and related industry licenses are a plus.

Web Designer – Plantation, FL
TradeStation Securities has an excellent opportunity for a Web Designer whose responsibilities will include the design and construction of company web pages/sites including incorporating graphic user interface (GUI) features and other techniques. Required to maintain and provide ongoing design of the website content and structure, while meeting requirements provided by management.

The candidate must have excellent organizational and time management skills, verbal and written communication skills and problem solving and solution building skills. Must be technically savvy with the ability to multi-task effectively, have the ability to learn new internet and authoring technologies relevant to web site design/development and design within standards set forth by the W3C.
Applicants must be familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.

This position requires a bachelor's degree in a related area and 3-5 years of experience in the field. Candidates are expected to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish a variety of complicated tasks and goals. A wide degree of technical proficiency, creativity, and latitude is expected.

C++ Programmers – Richardson, TX
We’re looking for seasoned C++ programmers to join our team of engineers building server side systems for our award winning stock market trading products.

Our highly respected team of Engineers develops products that process millions of dollars of stock, futures, options and Forex trades every day.  If you want to blend in and take it easy, then apply elsewhere.   However, if you want to know that your code is being used by thousands of users on a second by second basis then this may be the place for you.

Our Richardson, Texas software development office is seeking professionals with 4+ years software development experience.  Applicants must have extensive experience in C++, Windows programming, multi-threading and COM. Experience with SQL, MTS, MSMQ, ADO, ATL and TCP/IP is a plus. Applicants will be tested on C++ knowledge.

Database Administrator II – FL
TradeStation Technologies is seeking an experienced DBA to be responsible for the support and maintenance of database infrastructure and the planning and management of data as a resource.

Duties and Responsibilities:

SQL Developers – Richardson, TX
We’re looking for hard-core experienced SQL programmers to join our development team in creating cutting edge real-time stock market trading software. Our highly respected team of engineers develops products that process millions of dollars of stock, futures, options and Forex trades every day. If you want to blend in and take it easy, then apply elsewhere.  However, if you want to know that your code is being used by thousands of users on a second by second basis then this may be the place for you.

Our Richardson, Texas software development office is seeking professionals with 4+ years of software development experience, strong SQL programming skills and preferably experience on OLTP systems and knowledge of financial and/or trading applications. Applicants will be tested on SQL knowledge.

Senior Software Engineer, Front-End (Install) – Plantation, FL
Looking for a position where you can make a difference? Join our innovative team of engineers building client side solutions for our award winning TradeStation trading platform.

Our Plantation, Florida, software development group is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years of software development experience to join our Install team.

Candidate will have extensive experience with Visual C++, MFC, Win32 SDK, COM and ATL; two years experience using MSI Installer, Install Shield or similar installation/patching tools and Strong OOP/OOD.  .NET web development and MS SQL Server experience a plus.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.  Master’s degree preferred.

Senior Web Engineer - Plantation, FL
We are currently seeking a talented Senior Web Engineer to join our team to design, implement and maintain web based applications.  Ideal candidate will have 4 years of professional experience developing web sites and web applications using Microsoft Technologies. Proficiency with .NET (ASP.NET, VB.NET and/or C#, web services), ASP, HTML/DHTML, VBScript, JavaScript, IIS, SQL Server, VB, ActiveX/COM, XML, OOD/OOP is required.  Programming experience with AJAX, C++ a plus.  Successful candidate must have strong design and analytical skills, be detailed-oriented, multi-task, work with minimum supervision and effectively meet timelines in a deadline-oriented environment.  A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (preferred) or related field experience is required.

Software Tester – Client Team – Plantation, FL
We have an opening in our Software Testing and Quality Assurance Department for an experienced client application Windows based software tester.  Duties include testing of complex Windows based trading platform applications for accuracy, performance and stability, test plan creation and execution, documentation and tracking of program defects and programming in our proprietary EasyLanguage.

Position Requirements
The successful candidate must be able to work individually and on team projects, have the ability to multi-task and possess strong communication, organizational and time management skills. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, a broad based knowledge of Visual Studio C++, Windows programming, and Software Development Life Cycle processes is required. Experience in Mercury Quality Center tools is preferred. Knowledge of brokerage/financial services systems is a plus.

Software Tester – Order Execution – Plantation, FL
Join the Quality Assurance Department in our technologies subsidiary testing our TradeStation Order Execution Network, documenting defects as well as creating and executing test plans of complex trading network backend systems. The incumbent will be responsible for testing key software components that make up the building blocks of our Order Execution network.  Knowledge of the software development life cycle is expected.

Job responsibilities include testing of all code/configuration changes to the TradeStation Order Execution software, database and report components, test plan creation and execution of complex client/server systems. Do defect tracking and post production deployment validation of changes made to a multi-tier client-server environment working closely with Engineering in Richardson, TX and Product Management in Plantation, FL.

The successful candidate must have strong communication skills and be a team player that is assertive and goal-oriented who can also work on repetitive tasks as needed to achieve those goals with limited supervision.  Microsoft SQL Server DBA certification (MCDBA) or equivalent SQL Programming experience or certification is required.  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field is required. Knowledge of Financial Markets is a plus.

Software Tester – Data Team – Plantation, FL
Join our Quality Assurance department, which tests the TradeStation Data Network Software and Data Integrity components. Work very closely with the engineering department to learn, test, document and report any discrepancies. Your primary focus will be in the realm of software testing of key components that make up the building blocks of our data network. Essential Job Functions: test all code changes to the TradeStation Network Software components; test changes made to a multi-tier client-server environment working with Engineering in Richardson, TX and Plantation, FL; and test other areas that may affect the stability of the TradeStation network software and/or integrity of data.

The successful candidate will possess a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related science degree with experience in client/server/SQL based systems. Knowledge of Visual Studio C++ is strongly preferred and software testing experience is definitely a plus.  The work as a Data Server Team software tester requires strong communication skills, and a team player that is assertive and goal-oriented, but who can also work on repetitive tasks as needed to achieve those goals without much supervision.

We offer a dynamic environment that will challenge your professional abilities and reward your contributions with competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package.