Research Engineer

About the Company

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 trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with researchers to implement research studies, simulate trading strategies, and develop algorithms
• Embed with trading desks to extract domain models and build ergonomic, performant, and extendable engineering solutions
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to accelerate the research lifecycle from prototype to production
• Evaluate new technology and improve the technology stack on a continuous basis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Minimum of 2+ years of experience using Python in a production setting
• Strong understanding of quantitative finance and mathematics
• Experience with linux-based, large-scale, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency software systems
• Track record of delivering production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with low-level systems programming languages such as C/C++, Rust, or Zig
• Experience with functional programming