Senior Software Engineer - Unified Platform

Job Description

DRW, a diversified trading firm, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Unified Platform (UP) team in London. The UP consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market and optimizing decision-making. The role involves working from high-level requirements, gaining an intimate understanding of the business, and having the autonomy to pursue business solutions.

• Building systems with a focus on testing, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Designing, modeling, and programming in various languages and technologies.
• Working on legacy code and greenfield development.
• Driving projects to completion.
• Learning and promoting new technologies with a focus on best practices.
• Providing on-call support as needed.
• Collaborating with other developers on tasks.

Requirements:

• Multiple years of server-side development experience.
• Solid understanding of micro-service architectures and CAP theorem.
• Good understanding of functional paradigms and type theory.
• Confident JVM knowledge.
• Knowledge of Modern Java, Ruby, or Clojure.
• Experience with Airflow or other Python-based workflow orchestration tools.
• Proficiency in domain-driven design and domain modeling.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or git.
• Working knowledge of SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of financial concepts, exchange trading, or physical energy trading is a plus.

DRW offers:

• An environment that values autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot.
• Opportunity to work with a group of polyglots and technologists.
• Focus on rapid deployment and feedback, automated testing, and cohesive, transparent, lightly-coupled service architectures.