DRW

Senior Software Engineer, Finance (Clojure)

DRW · Chicago

Posted 14 days ago · $200,000 to $275,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
14 days
DRW 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
34% of DRW 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at DRW
high
132 stale, 0 reposted of 163 open
Hiring momentum
195 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Unified Platform (UP) team at DRW, you will be responsible for building and operating systems related to financial accounting, regulatory reporting, and reconciliation. Your role involves collaborating with stakeholders to understand business needs, driving projects from architecture to deployment, and participating in code reviews and support rotations. You will work with a range of technologies and methodologies, focusing on continuous delivery and operational efficiency.

Our read on this posting4.2out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DRW as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strength in at least one of Clojure or Python
  • Experience in the finance or accounting domain
  • Strong system design skills
  • Solid understanding of relational databases
  • Experience building and operating production systems with modern infrastructure

Nice to have

  • Deep Python expertise
  • Experience with Clojure or other Lisp-family languages
  • Hands-on experience with observability tooling
  • Familiarity with Oracle, Kafka, or Airflow
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code

What you get

  • Annual base salary range of $200,000 to $275,000
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
  • 401k with discretionary employer match
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options
  • The role requires a strong understanding of the finance domain, which may not suit all candidates
  • The position involves a significant amount of autonomy and self-direction, which may not be ideal for everyone

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Listed by DRW on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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