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Posted November 6, 2026

Software Engineer - Trading Operations

DRW

Category:Software Engineering

Location:New York

Seniority
Medior
Employment type
Full-time
Salary (per year)
$120k–$175k
Bonus
Yes

Requirements

  • Exceptional interpersonal skills - you communicate clearly with stakeholders as well as other engineers, fostering a collaborative, supportive working environment.
  • Strong track record in working with in enterprise scale software engineering projects, and be capable of delivering and managing dynamic software projects for key stakeholders
  • Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment.
  • 2+ years of enterprise experience working on systems involving the use of Version Control, Git, Python/Java, Linux
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, break down problems, and synthesize and implement solutions
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or material equivalent exposure

Nice to have

  • The ability to work comfortably in multiple programming languages is a big plus.
  • 2-3 years of experience strongly preferred in front office, middle office, back office, or risk management roles working with exchange traded and OTC Products.

About the role

As a Software Engineer – Trading Operations, you’ll provide support to a group of trading desks based in London, Singapore and Chicago. This is an opportunity to solve challenging problems while working closely with experienced traders, researchers and software engineers to optimize operational workflow and use the right tools and technology for the job.

Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of the products you create, from prototype to stable production
  • Embed with Cumberland Mining trading and operations stakeholders, and deliver polished, ergonomic, and elegantly engineered software solutions to business problems faced by the trading operation.
  • Build, maintain and extend trading related applications, data pipelines, and solutions.
  • Work with both greenfield and legacy systems across multiple languages (Java, Python)
  • Provide on-call support as needed.

What you'll get

  • $120k–$175k 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

Skills

Version Control · Git · Python · Java · Linux