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Python Software Engineer – Trading Platform

A Python engineer on a new team that builds tools and infrastructure for traders and quantitative researchers. It involves designing APIs and frameworks on the firm's trading platform.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Maintain technology for in-house trading systems
Speed up research and trading analysis workflows
Write performance-sensitive code and clean APIs onto data analysis infrastructure
Retire legacy code and evaluate new technologies
Lead design discussions and code reviews

What they ask for

Required

5+ years building live Python systems
Modern Python (3.11+) and ecosystem
A systems language such as C, C++ or Rust
Data structures
CI tools such as TeamCity or Jenkins
Linux
Mentoring

Preferred

Trading industry experience
Scientific Python stack
Modern Python packaging

Education: Bachelor's or Master's in computer science or related engineering
Experience: 5+ years building live Python systems
Languages and tools: Python
C++
Rust

How to prepare

Build a well-packaged Python library for market data analysis with tests and CI
Learn performance profiling and how to call C++ or Rust from Python
Study the scientific Python stack (NumPy, pandas, polars)
Practise API design

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with DRW and doesn’t handle applications.