DRW - Senior Software Engineer, Mid-Frequency Platform

• Build and evolve data and platform capabilities that support mid-frequency trading research workflows • 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 • Design and operate scalable pipelines and platforms using modern "big data" and lakehouse patterns • Improve reliability, observability, performance, and ergonomics across platform services • 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: • 5+ years of platform-level software development experience • Strong computer science fundamentals; a degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience • Strong experience with Python and/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: • Experience building research platforms and/or supporting mid-frequency trading environments • Big data technologies: Spark, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Kafka, Airflow and/or Argo Workflows • SQL and data warehousing/lake querying patterns • Cloud-native deployments: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes • Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry • Financial Markets experience • Location: This position is hybrid and can sit in Chicago, London, or New York City. • Location: • The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $225,000 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-TL1]