Research Engineer (FICCO)
DRWGreenwichMediorFull-time$175k–$225kPosted July 23, 2025
About the Role
As a Research Engineer at DRW, you will be an integral member of a systematic trading team comprised of experienced technologists, quantitative researchers, and traders. Your responsibilities will include:
- Work directly with researchers to implement research studies, simulate trading strategies, and develop algorithms to compete in financial markets
- Embed with trading desks, work intimately with traders and portfolio managers, and build ergonomic, performant and extendable engineering solutions
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to accelerate the research lifecycle from strategy prototype to production deployment
- Evaluate new technology and improve the technology stack on a continuous basis
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- A minimum of 2+ years' experience using Python in a production setting
- A strong understanding of quantitative finance and mathematics
- Experience with linux-based, large-scale, concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency software systems
- A track record of working directly with end customers, scoping and delivering production systems in fast-moving and ambiguous environments
- Exceptional interpersonal skills - you communicate clearly with stakeholders as well as other engineers, fostering a collaborative, supportive working environment
- Experience with low-level systems programming languages (C/C++, Rust, Zig) is a plus
- Experience with functional programming is a plus
What You'll Get
- $175k–$225k base salary
- 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
- Flexible spending accounts