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Senior Software Engineer, C++ (Algo)

DRW

Chicago, USA

Senior · 10+ years experience

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Perform full life cycle development of applications and libraries for exchange gateways, trading strategy execution, risk management, trade reporting and market data feed processing using C++ or Rust
Develop and maintain systems to ensure application performance, integrity and reliability for maintaining maximal up-time, and logging and traceability to aid in the support of mission-critical production systems
Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders on strategy development
Design, develop, and deploy software using agile methodologies
Guide junior engineers on best practices through mentoring, pair programming, and code reviews
Provide production support, maintenance and performance improvements of existing systems
Evaluate new technology and improve our technology stack

Requirements:

10+ years of experience developing high-availability server-side systems, preferably in C++ or Rust
3+ years of experience using any combination of the modern C++ (20/23/26) standards or Rust
A background in multi-threaded programming and a strong understanding of hardware/software interaction
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, and strong practical knowledge of computer science, especially algorithms, data structures, distributed systems and concurrency.
Positive AI mentality and practical use of AI coding tools.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Nice to haves:
Experience working in the trading industry or another latency-sensitive business that involves solving complex and novel problems
Experience with numerical computing and/or working with Quantitative Researchers
Experience with full life-cycle software development utilizing exotic hardware/software architectures
Detailed understanding of TCP, UDP, IPV4 and related hardware/software

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