The job, in the employer's words
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.
We are looking for a passionate Software Developer to join our infrastructure team. This software-focused role involves building the services, platforms and automation that support our engineering teams and production systems. You will develop reliable backend software, improve developer workflows and help operate scalable infrastructure in a predominantly Kubernetes-based environment.
How you will make an impact
- Designing and building reliable backend services and infrastructure tooling using Python
- Developing and operating applications and services on Kubernetes
- Building automation that improves the deployment, operation and management of production systems
- Designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows
- Working with relational databases and message-driven systems, including PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ
- Improving the scalability, reliability, performance and operability of distributed systems
- Collaborating with software developers and infrastructure specialists to solve challenging technical problems
- Contributing to technical design discussions, code reviews, testing and software architecture best practices
- Driving projects and leading new initiatives
- Migrating legacy workloads to Kubernetes
- Maintaining some legacy non-Kubernetes production infrastructure
What DRW Montreal has to offer you
- Mentorship with experienced software developers, database administrators, and technical project managers
- Continuous learning through paid postgraduate degrees, Dev Lightning talks, online learning support and 1 on 1 language tutoring with Berlitz
- 40 hours of paid volunteer work at the organization of your choice
- Bi-weekly social activities, monthly wellness plan, on-site weekly massages, and games room
- Enjoy daily catered meals (breakfast and lunch) with unlimited snacks and beverages
- Competitive salary, matching RRSP, paid company phone, laptop, and work from home set-up
What you bring to the team
- A bachelor's or a master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience
- 3 to 7 years of experience building and operating software systems
- Strong Python development experience
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with Linux systems
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing and best practices
- Self-directed, proactive and able to drive work forward independently
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- A collaborative team player and passionate problem solver with strong interpersonal skills
- Experience with observability practices and tools—including metrics, logging, tracing and alerting—is an asset
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.
California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice.
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Requirements mentioned
- A bachelor's or a master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience
- 3 to 7 years of experience building and operating software systems
- Strong Python development experience
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working with Linux systems
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing and best practices
- Self-directed, proactive and able to drive work forward independently
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- A collaborative team player and passionate problem solver with strong interpersonal skills
- Experience with observability practices and tools—including metrics, logging, tracing and alerting—is an asset
- 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.
- California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice.
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