Software Developer Intern
Global principal trading firm; parent of Cumberland (crypto market maker).
Chicago, Illinois, USA
About DRW
DRW (drw.com) is a Chicago-based global principal trading firm across asset classes; its crypto arm is Cumberland, a leading digital-asset market maker.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build computationally intensive trading and risk applications under the guidance of senior technologists. You will design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software, create exchange data decoders and instrument books, research large datasets with statistical analytics, and collaborate with developers, traders, researchers, and business 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 between December 2027 and August 2028
- Exposure to TCP/IP network programming, multithreaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real-time programming, or GUI programming
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
- Strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions
- Create decoders for raw exchange packet data
- Build instrument books from decoded exchange data
- Develop applications that communicate executed trades to the compliance team
- Research large datasets using statistical analytics
- Advocate for innovative solutions to complex problems
- Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts
Benefits
- Organized social events
- Fully furnished apartment near the office
- Options course
