Platform Engineer Intern
DRW is a Chicago-based diversified trading firm that uses technology, quantitative research, and risk management to provide liquidity across traditional and digital-asset markets.
About DRW
Founded by Don Wilson in 1992, DRW trades for its own account across global markets and operates strategies in cryptoassets, venture capital, real estate, carbon markets, and public-equity investments. Its crypto business, Cumberland, has provided institutional crypto-asset liquidity since 2014.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will maintain and improve the reliability and efficiency of platform systems under the guidance of senior technologists. You will improve service lifecycles, design and deliver software, manage capacity and disaster recovery, solve problems in mission-critical services, build automation, and collaborate with engineers, developers, traders, researchers, and analysts.
Requirements
- Pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related science discipline
- Expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028
- Exposure to networking, Linux/Unix administration, systems performance, capacity planning, Kubernetes, Docker, or CI/CD tools
- Understanding of large-scale distributed systems
- Excellent scripting skills in Python and Bash
Responsibilities
- Improve the lifecycle of services from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement
- Design, write, and deliver software that improves service availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency
- Manage service capacity, performance, and disaster recovery
- Identify solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation
- Solve problems related to mission-critical services and build automation to prevent recurrence
- Collaborate with systems and infrastructure engineers, software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts
Benefits
- Organized social events
- Educational activities
- Team-building activities
- Fully furnished apartments located close to the office
- Technology courses
