Senior Software Engineer | DRW | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">DRW</strong> 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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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. <strong class=" font-semibold">DRW</strong> is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">DRW</strong> is looking for a <strong class=" font-semibold">Senior Software Engineer (Python)</strong> to join its Commodities trading group to build a first-in-class platform for quantitative & fundamental research for several trading desks. You will work with researchers and traders to create a robust and productive environment for data analysis, research and modelling. Our work spans exploratory analysis & research through to real-time analytics & modelling supporting our day-to-day trading decisions. You will be immersed in research across many trading styles and time horizons and will be enthusiastic to refine our working processes to deliver high quality work that is robust and scales as we grow. You will use your experience to shape our infrastructure and build supporting software, processes & tools as needed. This environment is data intensive, and our researchers largely work in Python.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you may do:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Create tools and workflows that enable exploratory research</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Craft Python APIs that enable research productivity</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with researchers to implement research studies, analytics, and production models for commodities trading</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Define and maintain our Python research environment, tailored for data intensive workloads</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build web user interfaces for data exploration and delivery of research results</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build data and machine learning infrastructure to make trading data sets accessible and useful to our researchers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Manage production workflows for real-time forecasting, modelling and analytics in our Linux compute environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build systems for back testing & development of systematic trading strategies and deployment into our production trading environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with DRW’s research infrastructure team to leverage our Linux computer cluster</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with our data management teams to refine our processes for data acquisition, storage and accessibility from our research workflows</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with your peers at DRW as a subject matter expert to learn & contribute to research work across the firm</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you may bring to the team:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong Python knowledge</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Passion for developer experience and expertise in API design and usability</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience building and scaling large-scale analysis or machine learning tools</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with modern data technologies (Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, Airflow, dbt)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Data visualization expertise (Plotly, Panel, Dash)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Willingness to support and educate our researchers on best practices in software engineering</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with a strongly typed or compiled language (e.g., Java, C++, Go, Rust)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to own delivery of complex projects end-to-end (stakeholder management, requirement gathering, mentoring junior engineers, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Computer Science or similar degree</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">For more information about DRW’s processing activities and our use of job applicants’ data, please view our Privacy Notice at [https://drw.com/privacy-notice>.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at [https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice>.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-BL1</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">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. <strong class=" font-semibold">DRW</strong> is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">DRW</strong> is looking for a <strong class=" font-semibold">Senior Software Engineer (Python)</strong> to join its Commodities trading group to build a first-in-class platform for quantitative & fundamental research for several trading desks. You will work with researchers and traders to create a robust and productive environment for data analysis, research and modelling. Our work spans exploratory analysis & research through to real-time analytics & modelling supporting our day-to-day trading decisions. You will be immersed in research across many trading styles and time horizons and will be enthusiastic to refine our working processes to deliver high quality work that is robust and scales as we grow. You will use your experience to shape our infrastructure and build supporting software, processes & tools as needed. This environment is data intensive, and our researchers largely work in Python.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you may do:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Create tools and workflows that enable exploratory research</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Craft Python APIs that enable research productivity</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with researchers to implement research studies, analytics, and production models for commodities trading</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Define and maintain our Python research environment, tailored for data intensive workloads</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build web user interfaces for data exploration and delivery of research results</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build data and machine learning infrastructure to make trading data sets accessible and useful to our researchers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Manage production workflows for real-time forecasting, modelling and analytics in our Linux compute environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build systems for back testing & development of systematic trading strategies and deployment into our production trading environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with DRW’s research infrastructure team to leverage our Linux computer cluster</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work with our data management teams to refine our processes for data acquisition, storage and accessibility from our research workflows</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with your peers at DRW as a subject matter expert to learn & contribute to research work across the firm</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What you may bring to the team:</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong Python knowledge</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Passion for developer experience and expertise in API design and usability</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience building and scaling large-scale analysis or machine learning tools</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with modern data technologies (Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, Airflow, dbt)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Data visualization expertise (Plotly, Panel, Dash)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Willingness to support and educate our researchers on best practices in software engineering</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with a strongly typed or compiled language (e.g., Java, C++, Go, Rust)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to own delivery of complex projects end-to-end (stakeholder management, requirement gathering, mentoring junior engineers, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Computer Science or similar degree</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">For more information about DRW’s processing activities and our use of job applicants’ data, please view our Privacy Notice at [https://drw.com/privacy-notice>.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at [https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice>.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#LI-BL1</p>