Posted 4 months ago
Software Developer
@ DRW
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
DRW, a diversified trading firm headquartered in Chicago, is hiring multiple Software Developers to build scalable software that collects, transforms and delivers the market data used by its trading systems. The work involves real-time market data, collaboration with operations and trading teams, and leading new initiatives. The posting requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or equivalent, 2 to 10 years of experience, and strong Python or C++ skills.
Responsibilities:
- Build scalable, performant software using engineering best practices
- Work with complex real-time market data for accuracy and consistency
- Partner with traders to explain technical trade-offs
- Lead projects and new initiatives
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2 to 10 years of experience building software systems
- Strong knowledge of Python or C++
- Passion for financial markets and attention to detail
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · greenhouse
- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-15
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Software Engineering |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
DRW
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 10 |
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 multiple passionate Software Developers to join our team. You will develop critical software that powers the collection, transformation, and delivery of market data used by our trading systems. As a member of our team, you will be surrounded by cutting-edge technology and senior technologists providing you with the best possible environment to succeed
How you will make an impact:
- Building scalable and performant software using software engineering best practices.
- Facilitating discussions on code implementation, testing, software architecture best practices
- Collaborating with operations and trading teams to ensure production systems are in optimal condition.
- Researching the latest technologies to enhance our trading systems.
- Driving projects and leading new initiatives
- Actively engaging with others on the development team to resolve challenging design and coding issues
- Working with complex real-time market data while ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Partnering with traders to explain technical challenges, trade-offs, and potential solutions, enabling informed decision-making.
What you bring to the team:
- A Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent
- 2 to 10 years of experience building software systems
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices
- Strong knowledge and experience in Python or C++. Experience in both is an asset.
- Passion for financial markets and an interest in global events and how they influence market behaviour.
- Exceptional attention to detail with a strong focus on data quality and correctness.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with any of these technologies is an asset: Redis, RabbitMQ, GraphQL, Kafka, MongoDB, ELK, Docker, TCP, HTTP, Regex.
- Experience with relational databases is an asset
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