DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trade at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes, including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy, across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters—it’s how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.
About the Team
The DRW C/FICCO Data Engineering team is essential to developing valuable datasets and scalable data infrastructure critical to our trading operations. We work closely with traders, researchers, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless data flow and accessibility, supporting data-driven decision-making. Our systems are designed to handle large volumes of data, maintain quality and integrity, and provide robust APIs for fast, ergonomic data retrieval.
About the Role
In this role you will:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data solutions that support diverse trading activities.
- Take full ownership of data products, guiding them from initial concept through to stable production.
- Design, build, and maintain systems for both batch processing and real-time streaming of time series datasets, ensuring high data quality and reliability.
- Develop APIs and data access methods for fast, intuitive retrieval of historical and live data, working with both new and existing systems.
- Provide on-call support as needed.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 2+ years’ experience using at least one of Python, Java, and C++, with the ability to work comfortably in multiple programming languages.
- A track record of working directly with end customers, scoping and delivering production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.
- Ability to dive deep into complex problems, develop intuitive understandings, spot risks early, and minimize complexity.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders and other engineers while fostering a collaborative, supportive working environment.
- Experience in financial markets, especially in delta one, store of value, and/or FICC options trading.
- Experience with Linux-based, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency software systems.
- Experience with pipeline orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Dagster.
- Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, data lake platforms such as Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg, and relational databases.
- A bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
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