Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform (Reference Data)

Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform (Reference Data)

Job Location: London

Employment type: Regular

Department: Technology

Targeted Start Date: Immediate

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Unified Platform (UP) organization. UP consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market.

As a Software Engineer on one of the Unified Platform teams, you'll be part of a tight-knit team of software engineers working closely with internal users (analysts, quants, traders) to develop innovative systems that enable research and trading. You'll experiment with emerging technologies to process data at scale, converting a mountain of data into human understandable insights.

What you'll do in this role:

• Develop tools to enable the business to rapidly embrace new opportunities in global markets
• Partner closely with internal customers to understand their needs and build intuitive self service tools
• Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization
• Work with a team to maintain and extend our global markets reach
• Learn about market microstructure, financial instruments, and markets in which DRW participates or wants to participate in

What we need on the team:

• 5+ years of platform level software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals; a degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Strong experience with Java, Python or any modern programming language
• Experience processing high volumes of data at scale
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Comfort working within a globally distributed team
• A background in some of the following is a bonus: Ruby experience