Algorithmic Trader at DRW
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
· a month ago
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Full time
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Graduate
DRW 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. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
Responsibilities:
- Operate automated, latency sensitive trading systems
- Create and maintain tools to provide desk feedback about daily trading performance
- Monitor the systems’ executions and open positions
- Adjust system parameters based on market conditions
- Suggest automation and improvements to the systems
- Communicate relevant news, market events, and system behavior to team members
- Contribute to all aspects of the trading desk activities including: position reconciliation, risk management tasks, and post trade analysis
Required Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics, Computational Finance (or equivalent)
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or C++
- Ability to understand and reason about complex distributed trading systems
- High attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to use sound judgment under pressure
- Must be motivated, dependable, and responsible
- Series 57 license desired.
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DRW 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. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.