C++ Software Developer

Summary

The job is for a C++ Software Developer at DRW, where the employee will work on challenging engineering problems, design and develop software for the low latency trading platform, collaborate with teammates, and learn about trading systems and the trading industry. The candidate should have a degree in computer science or related field graduating between December 2024 and June 2025, excellent software development skills in modern C++, a strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.

Requirements

• A degree in computer science, computer engineering, or any related engineering discipline graduating between December 2024. and June 2025
• Excellent software development skills in modern C++
• A strong understanding of object oriented design, data structures and algorithms

Responsibilities

• Solve challenging engineering problems while working closely with experienced technologists, quantitative researchers, and traders
• Design, develop and test proprietary software, including low level optimizations for data processing, automated trading strategies, risk management platform, adapters for exchange protocols, real time trading simulator for strategy testing, robust inter process communication mechanisms
• Collaborate with experienced teammates to learn and implement custom solutions that balance speed, features, and cost to improve our technology stack
• Work with researchers to implement research studies, simulate trading strategies, and develop algorithms to compete in financial markets
• Design trading strategy simulation software optimized for high fidelity and throughput
• Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, access, and visualization
• Create user interfaces for data exploration and post trade analysis
• Accelerate the research lifecycle from strategy prototype to production deployment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high performance, multi-threaded, network programming
• Previous exposure to trading systems or the trading industry
• Low level understanding of machine learning pipelines