Research Engineer

Job Summary
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DRW is a diversified trading firm with over three decades of experience in sophisticated technology and exceptional people. As a Research Engineer, you will collaborate with traders and quantitative researchers to implement research studies, develop algorithms, and improve technology stacks to enhance trading strategies.

Responsibilities
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• Work directly with researchers to implement research studies, simulate trading strategies, and develop algorithms to compete in financial markets.

• Embed with trading desks, work intimately with traders and portfolio managers, learn about their problem spaces, extract domain models, and build ergonomic, performant and extendable engineering solutions.

• Collaborate with other engineering teams to accelerate the research lifecycle from strategy prototype to production deployment.

• Evaluate new technology and improve our technology stack on a continuous basis.

Qualifications
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Required
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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

• A minimum of 2+ years’ experience using Python in a production setting

• A strong understanding of quantitative finance and mathematics

• Experience with linux-based, large-scale, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency software systems

• A track record of working directly with end customers, scoping and delivering production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments

• Exceptional interpersonal skills - you communicate clearly with stakeholders as well as other engineers, fostering a collaborative, supportive working environment.

Preferred
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• Experience with low-level systems programming languages (C/C++, Rust, Zig) is a plus

• Experience with functional programming is a plus

Company
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DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Chicago, USA, with a team of  employees. The company is currently Late Stage.