DRW
Financial Services
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,TradingPlatform,C++
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“Senior Software Engineer, Trading Platform, C++ at DRW. Design trading platform. Develop trading platform”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years C++ development, High-availability systems experience, Tight resource constraints experience, Latency constraints experience, Multi-threaded programming background, Hardware/software interaction understanding, Performance tuning skills, Application performance tuning, Linux performance tuning, Socket I/O performance tuning, Troubleshooting skills, STL experience, Boost experience, C++23 standards knowledge, Challenging projects experience, Custom compiler building, Matching engine writing, Real-time data handling, English communication skills
Nice to Have
Trading industry experience, Ultra-low latency business experience, Complex problem solving experience, Research teams experience, Quants experience, Gaming industry experience, Streaming industry experience
What You'll Do.
Design trading platform
Develop trading platform
Maintain trading platform
Work on order routing
How You'll Work.
Communication Scope
English communication
Full Job Description
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. DRW is looking for an outstanding Software Engineer with an expertise in C++ to work in our Amsterdam office. In this role, you will be a part of our Core Infrastructure team which is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining DRW's low latency trading platform which is deployed global. You will be tasked with working on various areas of the technical stack including order routing, market data, and risk systems. To qualify for this role, you: Minimum of 5 years of experience working developing high-availability systems in C++ with very tight resource/latency constraints Have a background in multi-threaded programming and a strong understanding of hardware/software interaction Are comfortable working “under the hood” and you are quite skilled in performance tuning (applications, Linux, socket I/O, etc.) and troubleshooting Have experience working with C++ libraries like STL and Boost Are up to date on the C++23 standards and have opinions about them Have worked on challenging projects that involved things like building a custom com
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