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Posted October 1, 2026

Trading Operations Engineer - Cumberland Options

DRW

Category:Trading Operations

Location:London

Seniority
Medior
Employment type
Full-time

Requirements

  • Strong interest or working knowledge and experience in crypto
  • Previous experience with Version Control, Git, Python, Cron, Linux
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in the front office, middle office, back office, or risk management roles working with exchange-traded and over-the-counter products and derivatives
  • Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM subject
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze problems and synthesize and implement solutions
  • Working knowledge and experience in derivatives

Nice to have

  • Experience working with derivatives is preferred

About the role

As a Trading Operations Engineer, Cumberland Options you will provide support to a group of trading desks based in London. 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

  • Provide operational support for several of the firm’s crypto trading desks
  • Trade capture for all products related to the desks’ activity: futures/futures options
  • Trade and position reconciliation with the firm’s clearing houses and brokers
  • Daily P&L calculation and substantiation
  • Gain mastery of the firm’s proprietary trade capture, inventory management, treasury management, and risk management systems necessary to support the desks’ activity
  • Act as process owner for current functionality and provide critical support and advice regarding needed enhancements to technology, workflows, and processes
  • Gain a strong understanding of traders’ risk management tools and provide support for related traders’ needs
  • Upgrade and support traders’ tools to effectively utilize technologies and tools that are firm standard
  • Interface with technology to improve tools where they fall short of meeting the desks’ needs
  • Adopt, integrate, and promote new technology as it becomes available

Skills

Version Control · Git · Python · Cron · Linux · derivatives · crypto