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Prop / Market Maker · HFT / low-latency market maker · New York City
Coding- and competitive-programming-heavy, with a large Gurugram office and a high bar for IIT campus hires.
Tower is a low-latency market maker and multi-strategy prop firm. The core hire is engineering, and the process rewards strong C++/Python and competitive-programming-style DSA.
A creative first-principles math round (probability, expectation, combinatorics) commonly appears alongside the coding.
Roles they hire
Quant Developer · Software Engineer · Quant Trader · Quant Researcher
Interview processas publicly reported
- 1
Online / coding assessment
SWE/dev: 2–3 algorithmic problems in ~90–120 min. Some India-campus candidates skip straight to interviews.
- 2
Technical phone/virtual rounds
~60 min each, including live coding and a math-heavy round (probability, expectation, counting, number theory, recursion).
- 3
Algorithms / DSA round
Dynamic data structures, trees, and non-standard 'twist' problems over rote LeetCode.
- 4
Onsite
~5–6 interviews, often meeting 2–3 trading teams; strong C++/Python, OS, and low-latency knowledge expected.
What they test
Prep tips
- ▸Be strong in C++ and competitive-programming-style DSA (trees, DP, custom data structures) plus OS/systems fundamentals.
- ▸Refresh probability/expectation/combinatorics for the creative first-principles math round.
India recruiting
Substantial Gurugram office (Two Horizon Center) with active IIT recruiting; reported campus criteria include CSE/EE/MnC branches, high CPI, and competitive-programming achievements. A ₹2.9cr BITS quant-trading offer has been reported.
Sources
Interview processes change and vary by role, office, and year. This guide reflects publicly reported experiences and is not affiliated with Tower Research Capital.