Senior Software Engineer, Commodities (Java)

Job Description

DRW, a diversified trading firm, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their expanding global trading desk in London. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing proprietary trading software, leveraging the firm's existing tools and infrastructure to deliver business value.

The role involves close collaboration with traders, developers, and researchers in a tight-knit team.

What this role involves:

• Working directly with traders, developers, and researchers to develop infrastructure, tools, visualizations, and trading strategies.
• Supporting the trading desk’s research & analysis workflows, utilizing and extending DRW’s in-house data analysis infrastructure.

Requirements:

• An entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to work directly with software users.
• Strong communication skills and a team-oriented mentality.
• Experience working in the trading industry, or a similarly demanding industry, developing business-critical applications.
• Ability to work within vague or changing guidelines and figure out what needs to get done.
• Java (at least 5 years of full stack experience writing Java servers running on Linux) OR Python (3+ years of professional software engineering experience in building and maintaining Python libraries and applications).
• Solid foundation in engineering fundamentals.

DRW offers:

• Opportunity to work in a rapidly expanding global trading desk.
• Access to a significant set of tools and technology.