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Software Engineer, Trading – Cumberland Systematic

DRW · London

Posted about 2 months ago

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This role has been open
55 days
DRW 's roles stay open a median of 55 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
34% of DRW 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at DRW
high
141 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
2026-09-27

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About this role

As a Software Engineer on the Cumberland Systematic team, you will design and develop the full stack necessary for a global trading operation, focusing on high availability and low latency. Your work will involve creating trading systems, market data connectivity, and execution algorithms, while collaborating closely with quantitative researchers and other engineers. You will also be responsible for testing and maintaining the software, ensuring it meets the demands of trading and post-trade analysis.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years of professional Python or C++ experience
  • Built complex, mission-critical systems that are maintainable and safely refactorable
  • A working knowledge of type safety and type systems
  • Developed high availability distributed systems with tight latency constraints
  • An understanding of computer networking, the related technologies, and their tradeoffs
  • Practical knowledge of fundamental statistics and numerical recipes

Nice to have

  • Collaborated with quantitative researchers
  • A working knowledge of high-level machine learning concepts and lifecycle
  • Experience with functional programming and immutable design principles
  • Worked in Cython and effectively integrated C++ and Python stacks

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Role involves on-call support which may affect work-life balance
  • Expectations for strong initiative and independent project management may require a high level of self-motivation

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Listed by DRW on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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