Market Technology Specialist

DRW; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DRW is seeking a Markets Technology Specialist to serve as the primary liaison between DRW's internal technology teams and regional exchange technology groups. You will stay current on exchange changes, assess impact to DRW trading, and guide implementation of upgrades and optimizations.

The role requires 5–10+ years’ experience with regional exchanges, a BS in CS, and deep knowledge of market data, order processing, and topology design. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of experience working with regional equity, futures, and options exchanges' technology counterparts.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of market data and order entry protocols—binary and FIX.
• Exposure to relevant market colocation facilities.
• Familiarity with financial instruments across the trading estate.
• Detailed understanding of exchange order processing/matching and market data topologies.
• Strong networking background with experience in packet captures, Layer 1 devices, Unicast and Multicast communications.
• Proficiency with Exchange portals and APIs.
• Must be very detail-oriented with strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as project technical lead for exchange upgrades, migrations and mandated changes.
• Analyze exchange communications or specifications for optimal implementation and relay key details to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with operations to maintain a repository of exchange documents and special-case notes.
• Maintain catalog of colocation and exchange connectivity dependencies for DRW entities.
• Partner with business teams to improve onboarding of new trading desks and opportunities.
• Manage relationships with exchange technology representatives and coordinate deep-dive sessions.
• Identify datacenter optimizations to increase trading efficiency.
• Guide implementation of trading systems focusing on technology, clearing, location and cost.

Skills

Regional exchange tech (equity/futures

Binary & FIX protocol knowledge

Networking & packet captures

Exchange portals & APIs

Market data distribution topologies

Detail-oriented & organized

Strong written & verbal communication

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

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.

As a Markets Technology Specialist, you will become the primary subject matter expert for technology details relating to regional exchanges. You will be responsible for keeping abreast of all upcoming technical changes at the various exchanges and for assessing potential impact to DRW teams trading at those exchanges. You will act as a primary liaison working between the firm’s internal technology teams and the exchanges’ technology teams to develop in-depth knowledge of exchange implementation processes and upcoming changes in order to better assess impact and ensure that DRW teams are interfacing with the exchanges in the most optimal manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as project technical lead for exchange upgrades, migrations and mandated changes including events such as: JPX Arrowhead upgrades, HKEX backbone network upgrade, ASX 24 platform replacement, etc.


• Analyze exchange communications or specifications to ensure optimal implementation and relay key technical details to appropriate internal stakeholders.


• Collaborate with operations team to maintain repository of exchange documents and documentation of special cases, eg: European HFT registration requirements, Self-Match Prevention


• Maintain catalog of colocation and exchange connectivity dependencies for DRW entities and PB/FCM relationships.


• Partner with our business management team to improve onboarding of new trading desks and trading opportunities.


• Manage relationships with exchange technology representatives; obtain detailed information about exchange technology and coordinate "deep dive" sessions as necessary.


• Identify Datacenter Optimizations to increase trading efficiency.


• Engage with in-house software providers and trading desks.


• Guide implementation of trading systems, focusing on technology, clearing, location and cost.


• Help ensure that each new trade and each exchange change will satisfy our compliance processes.


• Craft monitoring tools and automation for many dynamic tasks.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5-10+ years of experience working with regionalequity, futures, and options exchanges' technology counterparts


• Minimum of a B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree


• Deep understanding of many exchange market data and order entry protocols – both binary and FIX


• Exposure to relevant market colocation facilities.


• Familiarity with the many financial instruments and asset classes across the trading estate.


• Detailed understanding of exchange order processing/matching and market data distribution topologies


• Strong networking background, with experience in packet captures, Layer 1 devices, Unicast and Multicast communications.


• Proficiency with Exchange portals and APIs


• Must be very detail-oriented and have strong organizational skills


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice .