3 hours ago
Base Salary
$175k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Establish production support, deployment, configuration, and monitoring processes to maximize trading system availability and minimize downtime.
- Support trading systems across Linux- and Windows-based production environments and multiple global asset classes.
- Develop process automation and monitoring tools and automate software configuration and rollout procedures.
- Troubleshoot production incidents involving proprietary systems, markets, data feeds, telecommunications lines, and other external factors.
- Support market connectivity and communicate with exchanges about order activity, connectivity, and technical issues.
- Collaborate with traders, DBAs, development, back office, QA, infrastructure, technical support, business development, and management teams.
- Help users and developers understand trading and back-office systems and create operational and architectural documentation.
- Coordinate with global support teams to maintain consistent 24x7 coverage.
Requirements
- Prior experience supporting high-performance applications, process monitoring, and troubleshooting is required.
- Prior experience supporting equities or equity options trading and electronic trading systems is required; proprietary trading firm experience is preferred.
- Experience with FIX protocol, alternative exchange protocols, SQL queries and updates, table creation, and basic database maintenance is required or preferred.
- Experience supporting Linux and Windows platforms in large-scale production environments is required.
- Demonstrated knowledge of network communications, including multicast networking, is required.
- Script development experience is a plus.
- Must be flexible with work schedules and participate in rotating on-call coverage.
- B.S. in Computer Science or an equivalent degree is required.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, organizational, prioritization, multitasking, composure under pressure, ownership, accountability, and follow-through skills are required.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus eligibility.
- 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.
- Rotating on-call coverage and schedule flexibility are required for 24x7 team coverage.
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.