Site Reliability Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

About DRW At DRW, we identify and capture trading and investment opportunities globally. What sets us apart is our diversified approach—trading across many asset classes and instruments, in markets around the world, with horizons from seconds to years. We succeed by leveraging technology, research and risk management. We offer the best of both worlds: the opportunity and spirit of a startup and the benefits and stability of an established, experienced firm. Our employees work hard to solve interesting problems, and their results are rewarded. We value continuous learning—from our outcomes, from the environment and from each other. It’s a place of high expectations, deep curiosity, and constant collaboration, with some of the smartest, most passionate people you’ll meet. // Chez DRW, nous identifions et saisissons les opportunités de négociation et d'investissement au niveau mondial. Ce qui nous différencie, c'est notre approche diversifiée : nous négocions sur de nombreuses classes d'actifs et d'instruments, sur des marchés du monde entier, avec des horizons allant de quelques secondes à plusieurs années. Nous réussissons en nous appuyant sur la technologie, la recherche et la gestion des risques. Nous offrons le meilleur des deux mondes: les opportunités et l'ésprit d’une entreprise en démarrage, et les avantages et la stabilité d'une entreprise établie et expérimentée. Nos employés travaillent dur pour résoudre des problèmes intéressants et leurs résultats sont récompensés. Nous valorisons l'apprentissage continu – de nos résultats, de l’environnement et de chacun de nous. C’est un lieu où les attentes sont élevées, la curiosité est profonde et la collaboration est constante, et où l’on retrouve quelques-uns des individus les plus intelligents et les plus passionnés que vous puissiez rencontrer.

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1,001-5,000 employees

Financial Services

Chicago, IL

Privately Held

105k LinkedIn followers

• Work with software engineers and traders to provide 24/7 first line support of our trading, testing, and research environment.
• Proactively monitor and identify issues before they impact trading. Define and automate observability around application SLAs and build anomaly detectors that surface problems early.
• Oversee and maintain our test trading environment. Keep the environment running smoothly and pursue automation of routine interventions required to maintain a stable test platform for development.
• Standardize CI/CD and operational processes across development teams to reduce friction and speed up delivery. Improve deployment scripts and release verification processes.
• Perform stress tests and verify SLAs under load. Work with application and devops engineers to design and improve support for this type of testing.
• Work closely with traders, engineers, system administrators, data centers, networking, and other shared services.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical background.
• 3-10+ years of hands-on software development or SRE Experience
• Demonstrated experience with observability tools – logging, metrics and tracing
• Hands on development experience in scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Ruby
• An automation-first approach to problem solving – you understand that manual processes don’t scale, and your instinct is to eliminate them before they become a bottleneck.
• Demonstrated knowledge of network communications including comprehensive understanding of the Linux TCP-IP stack, use of multicast networking, and network protocol interactions.
• Solid diagnostic capabilities from the application layer through the network and low-level hardware.
• Experience with network capture and time synchronization.
• High level of ownership and accountability, reliability, and strong follow through.
• Positive AI mentality and experience with AI agents to accelerate SRE tasks.
• The annual base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $225,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

• Group Medical Insurance
• Pharmacy Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k With Discretionary Employer Match
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts