Platform Engineer Intern

DRW • Chicago, IL

12d

About The Position

As a Platform Engineer Intern, you will be part of our advanced technology team focused on maintaining and improving the reliability and efficiency of our platform, including underlying systems at DRW. The platform engineer intern will work under the guidance of senior technologists to ensure our systems are highly reliable and scalable during your ten weeks. While your days will have you immersed in complex projects directly driving DRW’s progress, your evenings will be spent exploring the city with organized social events to truly discover what it is like to live and work in Chicago.

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Exposure to any of the following: networking, Linux/Unix administration, systems performance, capacity planning, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tools.
• Understand the fundamentals of large-scale distributed systems.
• Exhibit excellent scripting skills in languages like Python and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of DRW’s services.
• Manage service capacity, performance, and disaster recovery.
• Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner.
• Solve problems related to mission critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
• Collaborate with other systems and infrastructure engineers, software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team environments.

Benefits

• Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office – making your morning commute as easy as possible.
• Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.
• Education: We believe in constant learning. To prepare you for the evolving landscape of technology in trading, you will complete courses that help you understand how your technology solutions will be used in real time.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern