Trade Support Engineer (Algorithmic Trading)

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 crypto assets.

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.

As a Trade Support Engineer in our Chicago office, you’ll have an opportunity to employ your extensive skills while helping solve complex technical problems.  You’ll work closely with trading, infrastructure and software development teams to provide smooth support for our technology. We’ll ask you to communicate directly with exchanges, clearing members, and ISV’s to iron out any problems that arise. When it comes to new tech, you’ll research and evaluate new solutions to ensure we’re pushing innovative ideas to our traders and software developers. And most importantly, you’ll mentor and help raise the skills and abilities of those around you.

You will be right at home if you:

• Have experience deploying and supporting infrastructure that host applications on both Linux and Windows platforms
• Have previous Linux administration experience and have worked with deployment tools such as Ansible
• Are competent in Git/Github
• Have a solid understanding of network basics (routing and switching, multicast, DHCP, DNS, OSI)
• Have demonstrated scripting abilities (Python, Bash etc.)
• Are someone who thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers and other engineering teams 
• Are tenacious in solving complex technical problems when others would have long ago waved a white flag
• Are passionate about high quality work and relentlessly pursue continuous improvement
• Actively pursue personal and professional growth by learning new things

What you’ll be working on:

• Deploying and supporting trading systems on Linux servers.
• Troubleshooting and identifying problems with trading systems and their interaction with the Linux operating system and network communications
• Maintaining the health and availability of a world class trading eco-system
• Liaising with external trading partners, such as financial exchanges and clearing firms, to resolve technical problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders and other technical services teams to plan and deliver new trading technology and systems
• Responding to support requests from our traders and software engineers
• Advancing our automation and monitoring practices specific to our needs in that area
• Improving our support tools and processes

The annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $225,000, depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.  In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including 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.

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