DRW

Financial Services

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,TradingPlatform,C++

£110–170k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Trading Platform, C++ at DRW. Skills: C++, Trading platform, Low latency. Design trading platform. Develop trading platform”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Performance tuning

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5 years experience C++, High-availability systems experience, Tight resource/latency constraints experience, Multi-threaded programming background, Hardware/software interaction understanding, Performance tuning skills, Troubleshooting skills, STL library experience, Boost library experience, C++23 standards knowledge, Challenging projects experience, English verbal communication skills, English written communication skills

Nice to Have

Trading industry experience, Ultra-low latency sensitive business 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

Verbal communication; Written 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 London 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 compil

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