Python Engineer - GD1
About The Position
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 trading 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. We are seeking a Python Engineer to join an established multi-asset trading team with a global presence. The position offers a unique opportunity to influence the design and architecture of a growing system and ensure efficient development and deployment of revenue-generating solutions as part of an innovative front office team. Candidates should have strong initiative and have proven experience independently driving projects to completion. We work from high-level requirements and programmers are expected to gain an intimate understanding of the business and work directly with Traders and Quantitative Researchers on a daily basis.
Requirements
- Strong preference for experience developing trading-related software or coming from a complex technology-based organization
- 3+ years of professional development, demonstrating excellent, detailed understanding of Python
- Able to analyze business requests and translate to technical specifications and solutions
- Able to teach others
- Experience optimizing distributed systems
- Experience of data-intensive systems development
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Must be able to come into our New York office 5 days per week
Responsibilities
- Work as part of our team of global Software Engineers embedded in our Global Delta One business, working on its automated trading platform
- Improve existing code and develop new tools
- Collaborate directly with traders and researchers to identify solutions and/or create technical specifications and clearly articulate value add of new capabilities
- Manage a technology backlog from ideation to deployment
- Collaborate with traders, researchers, software engineers, and support engineers elsewhere within the organization
Benefits
- The annual base salary range for this position is $125,000 to $175,000 depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set.
- The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
- In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
Education Level
No Education Listed
