Senior Software Engineer, C/FICCO Data (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, C/FICCO Data (Fintech): Building scalable data infrastructure, APIs, and batch and real-time processing systems for high-volume financial-market datasets with an accent on data quality, reliability, and low-latency access. Focus on designing concurrent streaming systems, integrating data platforms, and solving complex data engineering challenges supporting trading operations.

Location: Chicago, United States

Salary: $175,000–$225,000 annual base salary, plus an annual discretionary bonus.

Company

DRW is a diversified trading firm using proprietary technology and capital across traditional financial markets and cryptoassets.

What you will do

• Collaborate with traders, researchers, customers, and engineering teams to deliver data solutions for trading activities.
• Own data products from initial concept through stable production deployment.
• Design and maintain batch-processing and real-time streaming systems for time-series datasets.
• Build APIs and data-access methods for fast retrieval of historical and live data.
• Maintain high data quality, reliability, and system performance.
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with Python, Java, or C++, with the ability to work across multiple programming languages.
• Experience delivering production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments and working directly with end customers.
• Experience with Linux-based, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Experience with pipeline orchestration frameworks such as Airflow or Dagster.
• Experience with streaming platforms such as Kafka, data lake platforms such as Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg, and relational databases.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or equivalent experience; financial-markets experience is required, especially in delta-one, store-of-value, or FICC options trading.

Culture & Benefits

• Autonomous, collaborative environment with high expectations and a focus on innovation and integrity.
• Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with discretionary employer match.
• Short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance.
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts.