Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Middle Office

Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Middle Office

DRW is a diversified trading firm based in Chicago that leverages advanced technology in trading markets worldwide.

• Partner closely with stakeholders and quantitative teams to design and implement complex financial modeling solutions.
• Leverage expertise in finance and quantitative analysis to architect robust, scalable analytics systems.
• Write readable and well-tested code in multiple languages, paradigms, and platforms.
• Collaborate with business, development, IT, and trading support teams.
• Provide on-call support as part of a team-wide rotation.
• Maintain open communication with users for support, testing, and ensuring understanding of their needs.

• Experience with applied mathematics (linear algebra, optimization, numerical methods).
• Strong understanding of statistics and probabilities.
• Quantitative modeling of financial products and derivatives.
• Fluent in functional, object-oriented, or imperative programming languages.
• Proficient with distributed version control, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Elixir, Python, Java, or C#.
• Pricing, risk management, and portfolio analytics.
• Exchange-traded financial assets, statistics, or financial engineering.
• Data structures and algorithm design/analysis.
• Ability to learn, adapt and grow.
• Personal humility, respect for others, and trust in teammates.
• Independent project ownership with a preference for collaboration.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, listening, and communication skills.

The annual base salary is $200k to $250k, based on experience and qualifications, with an annual discretionary bonus. Benefits include group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k with discretionary employer match, short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.