Please join WILD at SpiderRock's office on Wednesday, September 24th at 5:30 p.m.for a 'WILD on Rising Female Talent' panel discussion!
This dynamic panel spotlights the rising female engineering talent at SpiderRock, a leading fintech innovator. As these junior engineers begin their careers in the fast-paced world of financial market platform technology, they share their experiences, aspirations, and insights on breaking into a traditionally male-dominated industry.
Discussion highlights include:
Career Launch Stories: Hear firsthand from SpiderRock’s newest female engineers about their journey from academia to fintech.
Empowering Inclusion: Explore how SpiderRock fosters a culture of mentorship, growth, and belonging for women in tech.
Engineering in Fintech: Learn about the technical challenges and innovations these engineers are tackling—from cloud architecture to API development.
Navigating the Industry: Panelists reflect on overcoming imposter syndrome, building confidence, and finding their voice in a competitive space.
Advice for Future Talent: Actionable guidance for students, recent grads, and aspiring engineers looking to enter fintech.
This panel will be followed by networking with appetizers and beverages. The event is open to all WILD members and prospective members.
About SpiderRock:
SpiderRock is a technology provider that creates and deploys some of the most innovative algorithmic execution and risk management solutions commercially available to service large hedge funds, bank trading desks and proprietary trading firms around the world. The platform is a high-performance, cloud-based trading system empowering institutional clients with tools to construct, manage, and scale equity, futures and option strategies.
SpiderRock is also a market data vendor specializing in low latency data and analytics services. In addition, we offer electronic execution and market access services via SpiderRock EXS, an agency broker dealer regulated by FINRA and NFA.
Location
Setting: In-Person SpiderRock Office 300 S. Riverside Plaza Suite 2350 Chicago, IL 60601
