DRW is hiring a
Quantitative Developer

Summary

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience in various asset classes and expanding into new strategies. The company values autonomy and quick pivot capabilities. As a Quantitative Developer, you will work on a systematic commodity trading team to build and maintain infrastructure for testing and running trading strategies using Python and other programming languages. You should have at least 2 years of experience in a quantitative software engineer role and a degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience in a quantitative software engineer role
• A Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience needed in a strongly-typed language like C++, Java, or Rust
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and best practices

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure to test and run trading strategies
• Building scalable and performant software using software engineering best practices
• Analysing requirements from traders and analysts for algorithmic trading
• Facilitating discussions on code implementation, testing, software architecture best practices
• Driving projects and leading new initiatives
• Actively engaging with others on the research and development team to resolve challenging design and coding issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with any of these technologies is an asset: Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, WebSocket, TCP, HTTP
• Experience with relational databases is an asset (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle)
• Interest in financial markets and trading, with prior work experience in this field is a plus
• Strong attention to detail
• Familiarity with commodities is a plus