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Software Developer Intern

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DRW

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.

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Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will join a development team supporting network development initiatives or trading businesses. You will design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software, conduct data-driven research on large datasets, identify solutions to complex problems, and collaborate with developers, quantitative 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 date between December 2027 and June 2028
  • Exposure to multithreaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real-time programming, or GUI programming
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
  • Software development skills in at least one of Python, JavaScript, C++, Ruby, C#, Go, or Java
  • Curiosity and ability to learn new technologies quickly

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software development solutions
  • Create MLOps and high-availability inference systems, data pipelines, agentic, RAG, and MCP tools, GPU optimization systems, and full-stack web applications and dashboards
  • Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation
  • Communicate ideas clearly and concisely
  • Conduct data-driven research and statistical analysis on large datasets
  • Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts

Benefits

  • Fully furnished apartment housing close to the office
  • Educational, social, and team-building activities
  • Options course taught by an experienced trader
  • Technology immersion course