Base Salary
$130k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide 24/7 first-line support for trading, testing, and research environments.
- Monitor systems and build observability, including logging, metrics, tracing, application SLA monitoring, and anomaly detection.
- Maintain the test trading environment and automate routine interventions for platform stability.
- Standardize CI/CD and operational processes, improve deployment scripts, and strengthen release verification.
- Perform stress tests and verify SLAs under load with application and DevOps engineers.
- Collaborate with traders, engineers, system administrators, data centers, networking teams, and shared services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical background.
- 3–10+ years of hands-on software development or SRE experience.
- Demonstrated experience with observability tools for logging, metrics, and tracing.
- Hands-on scripting experience with Bash, Python, or Ruby.
- Knowledge of Linux TCP/IP, multicast networking, and network protocol interactions.
- Diagnostic capabilities spanning the application layer, network, and low-level hardware.
- Experience with network capture and time synchronization.
- An automation-first approach, strong ownership, accountability, reliability, and follow-through.
- Positive AI mentality and experience using AI agents to accelerate SRE tasks.
Benefits
- Chicago office position.
- 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.
- Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.
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. // 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.