Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform - Analytics - Middle Office

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative trading firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Unified Platform - Analytics - Middle Office team. This role offers the opportunity to design and develop cutting-edge applications that calculate analytics across diverse asset classes and predict market outcomes. Ideal candidates will possess strong mathematical and statistical skills, along with proficiency in multiple programming languages. You'll collaborate with risk managers and trading desks to enhance the firm's technical capabilities, making a significant impact in a dynamic environment. If you're a problem-solver with a passion for technology, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in applied mathematics and strong understanding of statistics.
• Fluent in multiple programming languages and paradigms.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain API and application platforms.
• Collaborate with various teams for support and development.

Skills

Applied Mathematics

Statistics

Functional Programming

Object-Oriented Programming

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Distributed Version Control

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Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform - Analytics - Middle Office, London

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Client:

DRW

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

01.05.2025

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15.06.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform - Analytics - Middle Office

Job LocationLondonEmployment typeRegularDepartmentTechnologyTargeted Start DateImmediate

Senior Software Engineer, Unified Platform - Analytics - Middle Office

Job LocationLondonEmployment typeRegularDepartmentTechnologyTargeted Start DateImmediate

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

The UP - Analytics - Middle Office team is looking for an outstanding Software Engineer with diverse technical and interpersonal skills to join us in the next step of our development as we significantly expand our technical capabilities, enabling us to have an even greater impact across the firm. This team build and maintains services which:

calculate analytic measures across many asset classes

predict theoretical market outcomes based on user-defined what-if scenarios

return analytics for any time horizon

We collaborate closely with risk managers and trading desks to measure option and rate sensitivities and create applications to monitor, manage, and report analytic measures. While previous experience in the trading and finance industry is beneficial, we're looking for talented software engineers with or without industry-specific expertise.

Responsibilities:

Designing, developing and maintaining greenfield and legacy API, service, and application platforms

Testing at the unit, functional, and integration level

Code in multiple languages, paradigms, and platforms

Collaborating with various business, development, IT, and trading support teams

Provide on-call support as part of our team-wide rotation

Keep open communication with our users for support, testing, and ensuring understanding of their needs

Qualifications:

Experience using applied mathematics (linear algebra, optimization, numerical methods)

Strong understanding of statistics and probabilities

Fluent in functional, object-oriented, and imperative programming languages

Competent in distributed version control, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes

Familiarity with:

Elixir, or more than one of the following: Elm, Erlang, Haskell, Scala, Kotlin, Clojure, F#

Python, or more than one of the following languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Java, C#

Data structures and design/analysis of algorithms

Exchange-traded financial assets, statistics, or financial engineering

Personal traits:

Possesses the ability to learn, adapt and grow

Demonstrates personal humility, respect for others, and trust in their teammates

Capable of independently driving projects to completion but prefers collaborating with teammates

Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, but has better listening and communication skills