Drweng The Software Developer Intern at Drweng develops advanced trading and risk applications under senior technologist guidance. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and deploying proprietary software solutions across the firm.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software development solutions across the firm. Examples include creating:
Decoders to receive raw packet data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form
Normalizers which take decoded data and build a book for each instrument traded on that exchange
Applications to facilitate communication around executed trades to our compliance team
Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner
Conduct robust research using a data driven approach to employ statistical analytics on large data sets
Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team environments
Are pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028
Have exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi‐threaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real‐time programming or GUI programming
Have strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
An eagerness to learn and apply what you have learned, and to know the impact of your code
Have strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
Have strong communication and collaboration skills
Exhibit excellent software development skills in C++, Python, or Java and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly
Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a software engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.
Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.
Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office –making your morning commute as easy as possible.
Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.
Education: As technology continues to drive the trading industry forward, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges. To prepare you for how technology will continue to impact trading’s future landscape, you will complete an options course framed from a developer’s standpoint to help you visualize how your technology solutions will be used in real time. As the trading industry continually evolves, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges.
