Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas and reward their results.
As a DevOps Intern, you will join our Developer and Operations team supporting our network automation initiative. You will work with open-source frameworks and technology to help configure our infrastructure and monitoring systems. DRW enables our DevOps Intern to design and work under the guidance of senior technologists with the goal of having a minimum viable product available for deployment by the end of the internship. Your time also will be packed with education, responsibility, problem-solving, and social events to experience what it is like to work at DRW.
How will you make an impact?
- Design, develop, test and deploy automation modules for our operation team to use:
- Examples include:
- Writing ansible modules to interface with our hardware ranging from power devices to wireless network devices
- Writing Python / Go modules to improve our inventory systems
- Improve current state of monitoring datacenter devices by using Zabbix
- Improve current state of CI/CD by using GitHub Actions
- Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to the team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner
- Collaborate with Senior Network Engineers to help improve network operations
- Examples include:
What do you bring to the team?
- Are pursuing a bachelor's or master's in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2024 and June 2026
- Have exposure to Linux systems, networking (TCP/IP), Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Have software development skills in at least one of the following: Go, Python
- A deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly
What to expect during the internship?
- Meaningful projects: You'll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a Network engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.
- Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.
- Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office making your morning commute as easy as possible.
- Mentorship: You'll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.
DRW is a technology-driven, diversified principal trading firm. We trade our own capital at our own risk, across a broad range of asset classes, instruments and strategies, in financial markets around the world. As the markets have evolved over the past 25 years, so has DRW – maximizing opportunities to include real estate, cryptoassets and venture capital. With over 1,000 employees at our Chicago headquarters and offices around the world, we work together to solve complex problems, challenge consensus and deliver meaningful results. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity and thoughtful collaboration.
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DRW Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered competitive to strong in revenue-adjacent roles, with substantial cash components that reward performance. Feedback suggests totals can be compelling when teams and markets perform well.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day-to-day perks such as daily catered meals, wellness offerings, and on-site amenities are consistently highlighted. These office-centric benefits enhance the overall value of the package, especially in major hubs.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as comprehensive with broad networks under common plan options. Feedback suggests health coverage is a solid pillar of the total rewards.
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What We Do
A diversified trading firm that utilizes our own capital and trades at our own risk. We bring sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to solve complex problems in markets around the world and across many asset classes. We are motivated to compete at the highest level and commit to operate with respect, curiosity and an open mind.
Why Work With Us
The DRW approach is simple: tenure, experience and titles don’t matter as much as ideas, execution and results. We believe in creating opportunity to take on more complex problems, more interesting projects and more specialized skills. It’s a results-driven environment where friendships grow and respect is the norm.
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