Real-Time Trading Systems Engineer

DRW Holdings, LLC.; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW, a diversified trading firm, seeks a Trading Systems Engineer in Amsterdam to maintain the health of a world-class trading ecosystem and provide responsive support to traders and development teams. You will help automate monitoring and collaborates with exchanges and clearing firms.

The role requires strong Linux, scripting, and SQL skills, with experience in high-pressure environments and excellent communication abilities. Join a team that values autonomy and rapid problem solving.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working in trade support, site reliability engineering or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field.
• Familiarity with trading platforms and financial markets.
• Thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers and other engineering teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix environments.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash for automation tasks.
• Ability to devise complex SQL database queries and updates.
• Basic networking knowledge, including multicast, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and common network troubleshooting tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the health and availability of a world class trading eco-system.
• Responding to support requests from our traders and software engineers.
• Contributing to our automation and monitoring solutions, reducing manual configuration and improving uptime.
• Liaising with external trading partners, such as financial exchanges and clearing firms, to resolve technical issues.
• Onboarding new trading desks, trading systems and technologies.

Skills

Trade support

Site Reliability Engineering

Linux/Unix

Python

Bash

SQL

Networking basics

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field

Tools

Python

Bash

SQL

Job description

DRW, a diversified trading firm, seeks a Trading Systems Engineer in Amsterdam to maintain the health of a world-class trading ecosystem and provide responsive support to traders and development teams. You will help automate monitoring and collaborates with exchanges and clearing firms.

The role requires strong Linux, scripting, and SQL skills, with experience in high-pressure environments and excellent communication abilities. Join a team that values autonomy and rapid problem solving.