DRW · 2 days ago
Trading Operations Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$100K/yr - $165K/yr
2+ years expDRW 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. As a Trading Operations Engineer, you’ll provide support to a group of trading desks in Chicago, solving challenging problems and optimizing operational workflows while collaborating with traders and software engineers.
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Responsibilities
Act as process owner for current functionality and provide critical support and advice regarding needed enhancements to technology, workflows, and processes:
Gain strong understanding of traders’ individual risk management tools and provide support for related traders’ needs
Upgrade and support traders’ tools to effectively utilize technologies and tools that are firm standard
Interface with technology to improve tools where they fall short of meeting the desks’ needs
Adopt, integrate, and promote new technology as it becomes available
Gain mastery of the firm’s proprietary trade capture, inventory management, treasury management, and risk management systems necessary to support products related to the desks’ activity: futures/futures options
Trade and position reconciliation with the firm’s clearing houses, counterparties, and brokers
Daily P&L calculation and substantiation
Provide operational support for the firm’s Agricultural Options desk
Qualification
Required
Proficient in Python, Git, SQL, Linux (plus)
Experience or working knowledge of options theory and derivatives
Strong interest or working knowledge and experience in Agricultural products
2-3 years of experience in the front office, middle office, back office, or risk management roles working with exchange-traded and over-the-counter products and derivatives
Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or another quantitative field or material equivalent exposure
Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Demonstrated ability to analyze problems and synthesize and implement solutions
Benefits
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
Flexible spending accounts
Company
DRW
DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities.
1001-5000 employees
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