Research Engineer

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 value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture

opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

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.

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.

DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to

challenge consensus.

About the Team

We are a fast-moving and progressively-thinking team that intimately

collaborates with traders and quantitative researchers to implement, refine and

deploy alpha signals, evaluate and maintain trading tools, improve our research

pipeline, while ensuring that our code bases remain nimble, maintainable and

extensible.

We embed deeply with our customers to solve high-impact, complex problems.

We move quickly when we prototype, and we tread lightly when we ship to

production.

We operate at the intersection of ensuring customer success and creating quality

products that stand the test of time.

About the Role

As a Research Engineer, you will be an integral member of a systematic trading

team comprised of experienced technologists, quantitative researchers, and

traders. You will:

* Work directly with researchers to implement research studies, simulate

trading strategies, and develop algorithms to compete in financial markets.

* Embed with trading desks, work intimately with traders and portfolio

managers, learn about their problem spaces, extract domain models, and build

ergonomic, performant and extendable engineering solutions

* Collaborate with other engineering teams to accelerate the research lifecycle

from strategy prototype to production deployment

* Evaluate new technology and improve our technology stack on a continuous

basis

What you bring to the team:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

* A minimum of 2+ years’ experience using Python in a production setting

* A strong understanding of quantitative finance and mathematics

* Experience with linux-based, large-scale, concurrent, high-throughput,

low-latency software systems

* A track record of working directly with end customers, scoping and delivering

production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments

* Exceptional interpersonal skills - you communicate clearly with stakeholders

as well as other engineers, fostering a collaborative, supportive working

environment.

* Experience with low-level systems programming languages (C/C++, Rust, Zig) is

a plus

* Experience with functional programming is a plus

The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $225,000,

depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set.

The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition,

DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical,

pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match),

short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings

accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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