Software Engineer, Unified Platform

Job Summary: 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. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Unified Platform organization, where the role involves developing innovative systems that enable research and trading while processing large volumes of data. Responsibilities: • Develop tools to enable the business to rapidly embrace new opportunities in global markets • Partner closely with internal customers to understand their needs and build intuitive self-service tools • Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization • Work with a team to maintain and extend our global markets reach • Learn about market microstructure, financial instruments, and markets in which DRW participates or wants to participate in Qualifications: Required: • At least 2-3 years of platform-level software development experience • Strong computer science fundamentals; a degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience • Strong experience with Java, Python or any modern programming language • Experience processing high volumes of data at scale • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills • Comfort working within a globally-distributed team Preferred: • Java experience • Python experience • Ruby experience • Big data technologies: Spark, Trino, Kafka • Financial Markets experience • SQL: Postgres, Oracle • Cloud-native deployments: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes • Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana Company: DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Chicago, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

Created: 2026-03-07