DRW

Senior Software Engineer

DRW  •  London, GB (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

DRW is a technology-driven, diversified principal trading firm. We trade our own capital at our own risk, across a broad range of asset classes, instruments and strategies, in financial markets around the world. As the markets have evolved over the past 30 years, so has DRW – maximizing opportunities to include real estate, cryptoassets and venture capital. With over 2000 employees and offices around the world, we work together to solve complex problems, challenge consensus and deliver meaningful results. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity and thoughtful collaboration.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Unified Platform (UP) organization. UP consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market. Optimizing decision-making and research, our platform simplifies implementing new ideas, enhancing our competitive edge.

As a Software Engineer on one of the Unified Platform teams, you'll be part of a tight knit team of software engineers working closely with internal users (analysts, quants, traders) to develop innovative systems that enable research and trading. You'll experiment with emerging technologies to process data at scale. You’ll wrestle a mountain of data into human understandable insights.

We care deeply about preserving a respectful and diverse team culture. We are a group of polyglots and technologists always seeking to find the right tool for each problem, even if that means learning something new or reviving something old. We value business impact and outcomes over process, and we make decisions based on data. We strive to adapt quickly as business priorities change.

What you’ll do in this role:

  • Develop tools to enable the business to rapidly embrace new opportunities in global markets
  • Partner closely with internal customers to understand their needs and build intuitive self-service tools
  • Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization
  • Work with a team to maintain and extend our global markets reach
  • Learn about market microstructure, financial instruments, and markets in which DRW participates or wants to participate in

This could be a good fit if you:

  • Are motivated to solve hard problems with deceptively simple solutions
  • Think a lot about user experience and try to really understand end users’ jobs and pain points
  • Think a lot about APIs, modular design and testing
  • Love refactoring and keep trying until you find a better answer
  • Enjoy making the “right way to do it” the path of least resistance
  • Have made a random tool for yourself…and then peers ask for it…then other teams ask for it…
  • Are fiercely proud of your project’s reliability, performance and ease of maintenance
  • Are excited to learn about financial markets, trading, etc.

What we need on the team:

  • At least 2-3 years of platform-level software development experience
  • Strong computer science fundamentals; a degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Strong experience with Java, Python or any modern programming language
  • Experience processing high volumes of data at scale
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Comfort working within a globally-distributed team
  • A background in some of the following a bonus:
    • Java experience
    • Python experience
    • Ruby experience
    • Big data technologies: Spark, Trino, Kafka
    • Financial Markets experience
    • SQL: Postgres, Oracle
    • Cloud-native deployments: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
    • Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana

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About DRW

At DRW, we identify and capture trading and investment opportunities globally. What sets us apart is our diversified approach—trading across many asset classes and instruments, in markets around the world, with horizons from seconds to years. We succeed by leveraging technology, research and risk management.

We offer the best of both worlds: the opportunity and spirit of a startup and the benefits and stability of an established, experienced firm. Our employees work hard to solve interesting problems, and their results are rewarded. We value continuous learning—from our outcomes, from the environment and from each other. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity, and constant collaboration, with some of the smartest, most passionate people you’ll meet.

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Chez DRW, nous identifions et saisissons les opportunités de négociation et d'investissement au niveau mondial. Ce qui nous différencie, c'est notre approche diversifiée : nous négocions sur de nombreuses classes d'actifs et d'instruments, sur des marchés du monde entier, avec des horizons allant de quelques secondes à plusieurs années. Nous réussissons en nous appuyant sur la technologie, la recherche et la gestion des risques. Nous offrons le meilleur des deux mondes: les opportunités et l'ésprit d’une entreprise en démarrage, et les avantages et la stabilité d'une entreprise établie et expérimentée. Nos employés travaillent dur pour résoudre des problèmes intéressants et leurs résultats sont récompensés. Nous valorisons l'apprentissage continu – de nos résultats, de l’environnement et de chacun de nous. C’est un lieu où les attentes sont élevées, la curiosité est profonde et la collaboration est constante, et où l’on retrouve quelques-uns des individus les plus intelligents et les plus passionnés que vous puissiez rencontrer.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
drw.com
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