Site Reliability Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

Site Reliability Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

Chicago

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience merging sophisticated technology and exceptional people to operate in markets worldwide. We value autonomy and the ability to pivot quickly, operating with our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago and with offices across 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 also engage in three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds. Those 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.

We’re looking for a Site Reliability Engineer who thrives at the intersection of software, trading, and infrastructure – someone who creates observability that surfaces issues before they ever cause a problem, owns the response when things go wrong, and relentlessly drives automation that eliminates friction and keeps our team focused on our goals.

• Work with software engineers and traders to provide 24/7 first line support of our trading, testing, and research environment.
• Proactively monitor and identify issues before they impact trading. Define and automate observability around application SLAs and build anomaly detectors that surface problems early.
• Oversee and maintain our test trading environment. Keep the environment running smoothly and pursue automation of routine interventions required to maintain a stable test platform for development.
• Standardize CI/CD and operational processes across development teams to reduce friction and speed up delivery. Improve deployment scripts and release verification processes.
• Perform stress tests and verify SLAs under load. Work with application and devops engineers to design and improve support for this type of testing.
• Work closely with traders, engineers, system administrators, data centers, networking, and other shared services.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical background.
• 3–10+ years of hands‑on software development or SRE experience.
• Demonstrated experience with observability tools – logging, metrics and tracing.
• Hands‑on development experience in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Ruby.
• An automation‑first approach to problem‑solving – you understand that manual processes don’t scale, and your instinct is to eliminate them before they become a bottleneck.
• Demonstrated knowledge of network communications including comprehensive understanding of the Linux TCP‑IP stack, use of multicast networking, and network protocol interactions.
• Solid diagnostic capabilities from the application layer through the network and low‑level hardware.
• Experience with network capture and time synchronization.
• High level of ownership and accountability, reliability, and strong follow‑through.
• Positive AI mentality and experience with AI agents to accelerate SRE tasks.

The annual base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $225,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) (with discretionary employer match), short and long‑term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

As set forth in DRW’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.