Software Developer Intern

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.

DRW

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1,001-5,000 employees

Financial Services

Chicago, IL

Privately Held

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• Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software development solutions
• Decoders to receive raw packet data from various exchanges and translate it
• into a more accessible form
• Normalizers which take decoded data and build a book for each instrument
• traded on that exchange
• Applications to facilitate communication around executed trades to our
• compliance team
• Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their
• implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and
• concise manner
• Conduct robust research using a data driven approach to employ statistical
• analytics on large data sets
• Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders, and
• researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team
• environments

• Are pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer
• Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or any related science
• discipline and have an expected graduation date between December
• Have exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi‐threaded applications,
• computational intelligence, algorithms, real‐time programming or GUI
• programming
• Have strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and
• algorithms
• An eagerness to learn and apply what you have learned, and to know the impact
• of your code
• Have strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
• Have strong communication and collaboration skills
• Exhibit excellent software development skills in C++, Python, or Java and a
• deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly
• Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during
• your time here. Each project, advised by a software engineer, promotes a
• comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work
• experience.
• Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of
• educational, social and team-building activities to foster friendship and
• camaraderie.
• Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the
• office –making your morning commute as easy as possible.
• Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced
• mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges
• and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor
• outings.
• Education: As technology continues to drive the trading industry forward,
• both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will
• present us with unique opportunities and challenges. To prepare you for how
• technology will continue to impact trading’s future landscape, you will
• complete an options course framed from a developer’s standpoint to help you
• visualize how your technology solutions will be used in real time. As the
• trading industry continually evolves, both in terms of new products and
• transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and
• challenges.
• 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.
• The annual base salary for this position is $225,000.
• For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job

• 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
• Fully Furnished Apartments