2 months ago
Base Salary
$175k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, document, and maintain software and infrastructure for quantitative financial research.
- Accelerate the research lifecycle from data engineering through feature generation and analysis.
- Integrate diverse data sources, including blockchains, exchanges, and data vendors.
- Test software at the unit, functional, and integration levels.
- Work independently and within a small team with a strong user focus.
- Provide on-call support as needed.
Requirements
- Professional experience with Python and experience building complex, maintainable, safely refactorable systems in modern Python.
- Hands-on experience managing large, evolving time-series data.
- Working knowledge of type safety and type systems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, strong internal motivation, and a continual desire to learn.
- Open-source crypto contributions, production experience operating full or archive blockchain nodes at scale, quantitative research collaboration, machine learning lifecycle knowledge, functional programming and immutable design experience, or knowledge of major blockchain types and clients are preferred.
Benefits
- Annual base salary range of $175,000 to $225,000 plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.
- Comprehensive medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with discretionary employer match.
- Short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance.
- Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.
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.