2 months ago
Base Salary
$150k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop full-lifecycle applications and libraries for exchange gateways, trading strategy execution, risk management, trade reporting, and market data feed processing using C++ or Rust.
- Develop and maintain high-availability systems supporting performance, integrity, reliability, uptime, logging, and traceability.
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders on strategy development.
- Design, develop, and deploy software using agile methodologies.
- Mentor junior engineers through best-practice guidance, pair programming, and code reviews.
- Provide production support, maintenance, and performance improvements for existing systems.
- Evaluate new technologies and improve the technology stack.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience developing high-availability server-side systems, preferably in C++ or Rust.
- 3+ years of experience using modern C++ standards or Rust.
- Experience with multithreaded programming and a strong understanding of hardware/software interaction.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong practical knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency.
- Practical use of AI coding tools and a positive AI mindset.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Preferred experience includes trading or other latency-sensitive industries, numerical computing, collaboration with quantitative researchers, exotic hardware/software architectures, TCP, UDP, IPv4, and multiple programming languages including C++, Rust, Java, Python, JavaScript, and Ruby.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with discretionary employer match.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and AD&D insurance.
- Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.
- Chicago office position only.
About DRW
DRW is a privately held proprietary trading firm that uses its own capital to trade and invest across global markets and asset classes, powered by technology and research. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Chicago, it develops trading systems for strategies ranging from seconds to years and manages its own risk rather than external client money. The firm operates internationally from multiple offices.