DevOps Engineer

Location Type: Hybrid Employment Type: Full-time Salary: Not specified

Company Overview

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.

Position Overview

As a DevOps Engineer supporting the development, QA, and production operational environments for our proprietary trading systems, you will work closely with software development and operations teams to facilitate the tooling and automation systems of critical trading platforms and strategies. You will create and manage automation tools and improve the development, testing, and production operational experience of the trading platform. This is fast-paced, dynamic work that provides new technical challenges constantly and demands that you learn continuously.

Objectives of this Role

• Develop tools to improve and automate trading system management, monitoring, and configuration.
• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes environments using GitOps workflows.
• Design, implement, and manage new CI/CD pipelines and processes.
• Define and implement software packaging and distribution processes with established standards.
• Work with trading system developers and QA engineers to improve the deployment pipeline.
• Understand and account for the needs of all stakeholders.
• Plan projects and contribute to project management decisions.

Skills and Qualifications

• Education: BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field.
• Experience:
  • Experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS).
  • Experience with automated test processes in a CI context.
• Technical Skills:
  • Strong knowledge of Python and Linux administration.
  • Experience with TypeScript and a framework such as React, Vue, or Angular.
  • Proficient with Git and complex Git workflows.
  • Working knowledge of databases and SQL.
• Attitude: Self-motivating and curious attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software engineering, customer experience, and civil engineering.
• Experience deploying CI/CD pipelines for a large corporation.
• Experience packaging/deploying software in a Kubernetes/cloud environment.
• Experience with [Not Specified].

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