DRW

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. The UP – Analytics Front Office team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who relishes working in challenging time-critical environments solving complex problems alongside highly capable peers. Our team operates services providing real-time PnL and Risk monitoring services for a diverse group of trading desks each with varying degrees of portfolio and model complexity. While previous experience in the trading and finance industry is beneficial, we’re looking for talented software engineers with or without industry-specific expertise. We are open to remote workers for this role with the correct set of skils. UP (Unified Platform) 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. UP - PI (Platform Infrastructure) Writes and operates systems that accelerate other development teams. They provide managed services to technologists across all of DRW, helping domain experts focus on their business-critical goals. They create software to connect people, projects, and information, preventing silos and opacity. For the appropriate candidate, we are open to remote employees for this role. Expectations: - Write, maintain, operate and improve managed infrastructure services for technologists firm-wide - Design and communicate standards for how centrally managed services can be used - Support internal technologists with triage, education, and consulting - Write, maintain, operate, and improve bespoke applications for internal use, focused on visibility and integration across teams. - Enable other teams to focus on business domains. - Influence outcomes through dozens of software teams. - Broadcast contagious passion for developer experience. - Consolidate diverse and redundant approaches to common problems. Desirable Experience: - Three or more years of high impact contributions in Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or adjacent roles - Expertise in operating infrastructure at scale - Expertise in Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, Kafka, Redis - Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Java, Ruby - Comfort deploying software to the cloud and on-premises - Proven success in elevating standards for non-functional requirements like security, observability, reliability, and speed of delivery - Informed perspective about AI Agents as development tools - Record of accomplishment of enhancing the capabilities of other engineers and teams The annual base salary range for this position is $100k to $175k depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts. For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. [#LI-SK1]

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. UP (Unified Platform) 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. UP - PI (Platform Infrastructure) creates and operates tooling to make building, running, and changing UP software more scalable, failure-proof, and intelligible. They bridge infrastructure and running services and balance developer autonomy with guard-rails. The team ensures that infrastructure underlying UP services is robust, resilient, and agile to adapt to evolving demands. The team curates UP's SDLC by embedding and consulting with other teams to hone a consistent approach. UP - PI spearheads adoption of new tools and practices across the UP platform. We dogfood what we build, treat developers as customers, and look for engineers who blend strong software engineering instincts with platform engineering skills. For the appropriate candidate, we are open to remote employees for this role. Expectations: - Pave a Golden Path for developers from design to deployment. - Design, implement, operate and maintain build/release/run tooling for 20+ development teams. - Enable other teams to focus on business domains. - Influence outcomes through dozens of software teams. - Broadcast contagious passion for developer experience. - Consolidate diverse and redundant approaches to common problems. - Support and teach users of the development platform you build. - Incorporate Agentic AI tools into our SDLC and Platform. - Make AI-Empowered iteration seamless and safe for other Software Engineers. Desirable Experience: - Six or more years of high impact contributions in Software Engineering or adjacent roles - Expertise in GitHub Actions, Team City, Concourse, or comparable CI/CD systems - Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Java, Ruby - Working Knowledge of Kubernetes - Comfort deploying software to the cloud and on-premises - Proven success in elevating standards for non-functional requirements like security, observability, reliability, and speed of delivery - Informed perspective about AI Agents as development tools - Record of accomplishment of enhancing the capabilities of other engineers and teams The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $235,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts. For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. [#LI-SK1]

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. We are looking for an AI Full Stack Software Developer to join our AI and Multi Asset Systematic Strategies team. This team builds AI and ML-powered tools and solutions that enable teams across the firm to work more effectively. You'll build critical infrastructure and tooling that harnesses AI and machine learning to boost productivity across the firm. Location: Montréal (preferred). Open to remote for the right candidate. Responsibilities: - Build internal systems that leverage AI and Machine Learning to create tooling that assists the firm. - Architect efficient and highly scalable RAG systems informed by cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art implementations. - Design and implement robust and scalable LLM evaluation frameworks to measure model quality and performance. - Provide technical expertise in relevant AI and ML technologies. - Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to define and implement critical features. - Research emerging technologies and evaluate new frameworks for enhancing trading and AI systems. - Drive projects from conception to production, including technical planning, execution, and operational handoff. - Ensure system uptime and reliability through monitoring, alerting, and proactive maintenance. - Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that adheres to company standards and best practices. - Conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality code is maintained. - Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in AI and software development. - Proactively contribute ideas for new tools, process improvements, and technology adoption that move the team forward. Requirements: - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. - 4-7+ years building production software systems with demonstrated technical leadership. - Strong full-stack development experience with modern web frameworks and backend services. - Proficiency in Python (required) and experience with at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C++, or Java). - Deep understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems. - Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms. - Strong grasp of software engineering principles including design patterns, testing strategies, and code maintainability. - Strong experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, and Agentic AI systems. - Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Redis) and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ). - Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to lead technical discussions For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. [#LI-KS1]

• Keep detailed records of tasks, files, and progress • Look over finalized work, reviewing for errors or duplicate entries before turning in the final product • Sift through websites for information • Inspect reports and sheets of data • Submit information into spreadsheets, databases and customer relationship management systems • Obtain further information for documents that are deemed incomplete • Verify, correct, and delete unnecessary data, or combine data from several sources