Software Developer - DevOps

Location: Montreal

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.

We are looking for a passionate  S   oftware Developer  to join our infrastructure team. This software-focused role involves building the services, platforms and automation that support our engineering teams and production systems. You will develop reliable backend software, improve developer workflows and help operate scalable infrastructure in apredominantly

Kubernetes-based environment.

How you will make an impact

Designing and building reliable backend services and infrastructure tooling using Python

Developing and operating applications and services on Kubernetes

Building automation that improves the deployment, operation and management of production systems

Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows

Working with relational databases and message-driven systems, including PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ

Improving the scalability, reliability, performance and operability of distributed systems

Collaborating with software developers and infrastructure specialists to solve challenging technical problems

Contributing to technical design discussions, code reviews, testing and software architecture best practices

Driving projects and leading new initiatives

Migrating legacyworkloads to Kubernetes

Maintainingsomelegacy non-Kubernetesproduction infrastructure

What DRW Montreal has to offer you

Mentorship with experienced software developers, database administrators, and technical project managers

Continuous learning through paid postgraduate degrees, Dev Lightning talks, online learning support and 1 on 1 language tutoring with Berlitz

40 hours of paid volunteer work at the organization of your choice

Bi-weekly social activities, monthly wellness plan, on-site weekly massages, and games room

Enjoy daily catered meals (breakfast and lunch) with unlimited snacks and beverages

Competitive salary, matching RRSP, paid company phone, laptop, and work from home set-up

What you bring to the team

Abachelor'sor amaster'sdegree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience

3 to 7 years of experience building and operating software systems

Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes

Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Experience working with Linux systems

Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL

Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing and best practices

Self-directed, proactive and able to drive work forward independently

Strong verbal and written communication skills

A collaborative team player and passionate problem solver with strong interpersonal skills

Experience with observability practices and tools—including metrics, logging, tracing and alerting is an asset

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