Software Engineer - Trading Operations

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

As a Software Engineer – Trading Operations , you’ll provide support to a group of trading desks based in London, Singapore and Chicago. This is an opportunity to solve challenging problems while working closely with experienced traders, researchers and software engineers to optimize operational workflow and use the right tools and technology for the job.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the products you create, from prototype to stable production
• Embed with Cumberland Mining trading and operations stakeholders, and deliver polished, ergonomic, and elegantly engineered software solutions to business problems faced by the trading operation.
• Build, maintain and extend trading related applications, data pipelines, and solutions.
• Work with both greenfield and legacy systems across multiple languages (Java, Python)
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Requirements

• Exceptional interpersonal skills - you communicate clearly with stakeholders as well as other engineers, fostering a collaborative, supportive working environment.
• Strong track record in working with in enterprise scale software engineering projects, and be capable of delivering and managing dynamic software projects for key stakeholders
• Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment.
• 2+ years of enterprise experience working on systems involving the use of Version Control, Git, Python/Java, Linux
• The ability to work comfortably in multiple programming languages is a big plus.
• 2-3 years of experience strongly preferred in front office, middle office, back office, or risk management roles working with exchange traded and OTC Products.
• Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or material equivalent exposure
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, break down problems, and synthesize and implement solutions

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