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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 days DRW 's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 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
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DRW 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DRW .
About this role
As a Cloud Performance Engineer at DRW, you will collaborate with various technology teams to design and implement high-performance cloud architectures specifically for trading workloads. Your role will involve optimizing performance through continuous monitoring, managing cloud resources, and developing backend systems for performance metrics. You will also work with orchestration tools and ensure that systems adhere to security best practices.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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
- 4+ years of experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Deep knowledge of networking and compute services (EC2, VPC, Direct Connect)
- Experience using IaC tools such as Terraform
- Experience in network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
- Solid understanding of Linux systems and the Linux network stack
- Strong background in automation via Bash scripting and Python programming
Nice to have
- Experience building data pipelines for centralizing structured data
- Experience working with Cisco routing and switching hardware
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform
- Experience programming in compiled languages (preferably Go or C++)
- Experience with Linux kernel bypass techniques such as DPDK
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves working with both cloud and hybrid cloud architectures, which may require adapting to different environments
- Focus on performance optimization for trading workloads may lead to high-pressure situations
Summarised from DRW 's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by DRW on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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