Software Engineer, Unified Platform - Exchange Data

<p> </p> <p><strong>DRW </strong>is a technology-driven, diversified principal trading firm. We trade our own capital at our own risk, across a broad range of asset classes, instruments and strategies, in financial markets around the world. As the markets have evolved over the past 30 years, so has DRW – maximizing opportunities to include real estate, cryptoassets and venture capital. With over 2000 employees and offices around the world, we work together to solve complex problems, challenge consensus and deliver meaningful results. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity and thoughtful collaboration.</p> <p>We are seeking a <strong>Software Engineer</strong> to join our Unified Platform (UP) organization.  UP consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market. Optimizing decision-making and research, our platform simplifies implementing new ideas, enhancing our competitive edge.</p> <p>As a <strong>Software Engineer</strong> 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. You’ll wrestle a mountain of data into human understandable insights. </p> <p>We care deeply about preserving a respectful and diverse team culture. We are a group of polyglots and technologists always seeking to find the right tool for each problem, even if that means learning something new or reviving something old.  We value business impact and outcomes over process, and we make decisions based on data.  We strive to adapt quickly as business priorities change. </p> <p><strong>What you’ll do in this role: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop tools to enable the business to rapidly embrace new opportunities in global markets</li> <li>Partner closely with internal customers to understand their needs and build intuitive self-service tools</li> <li>Develop software for large scale data acquisition, storage, accessibility, and visualization</li> <li>Work with a team to maintain and extend our global markets reach</li> <li>Learn about market microstructure, financial instruments, and markets in which DRW participates or wants to participate in</li> </ul> <p><strong>This could be a good fit if you:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Are motivated to solve hard problems with deceptively simple solutions</li> <li>Think a lot about user experience and try to really understand end users’ jobs and pain points</li> <li>Think a lot about APIs, modular design and testing</li> <l