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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.

We're looking for a Platform Engineer to join our Platform Infrastructure team supporting Cumberland and FICCO's trading operations. In this role, you'll be the driving force behind how we deploy, observe, and scale our systems - making deployments faster, system health more visible, and infrastructure more self-service.

Your focus will be on automating deployment patterns, building observability that actually surfaces signal over noise, and evolving our platforms to meet the demands of mission-critical trading.

This role will be for our Chicago office.

• Converge and improve application deployment patterns across containerized and non-containerized workloads
• Build self-service infrastructure provisioning using Terraform/Terragrunt and Ansible
• Drive CI/CD excellence and advocate for modern software delivery practices
• Enhance monitoring and alerting to enable proactive capacity management and early failure detection - without the noise
• Research and implement technologies that improve container orchestration, workload management, and system visibility
• Learn and support in-house tools for infrastructure management and deployment workflows
• Participate in on-call rotation to resolve trade-critical issues and identify opportunities for automation
• Maintain system security through regular patching, reporting, and compliance with security standards
• Challenge the status quo and advocate for meaningful change

• Experience supporting mission-critical, high-performance trading systems
• Strong Kubernetes experience (deployment, troubleshooting, optimization)
• Proficiency with Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and observability
• Solid Python skills for automation and tooling
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Terraform/Terragrunt
• Strong Linux systems knowledge
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software delivery best practices
• Familiarity with TLS and network protocols (including multicast and WebSockets)
• Familiarity with AWS

• You learn quickly and genuinely enjoy exploring new technology
• You take ownership - problems don't sit idle on your watch
• You communicate clearly, both in writing and conversation, especially across distributed teams
• You stay composed under pressure and manage competing priorities effectively
• You can accommodate occasional off-hours calls and escalations

The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000 to $180,000 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.

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