Senior Data Engineer, Unified Platform

<p><strong>DRW</strong> 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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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. <strong>DRW</strong> is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.</p>

<p><span data-contrast="none">The <strong>Data Ecosystem</strong> team is an important part of DRW’s Unified Platform (UP) organization, building the platform capabilities, managed infrastructure, and metadata management systems that underpin our common query layer and power thousands of batch and streaming pipelines delivering data across DRW.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":100,"335559740":250}"> </span></p>

<p><span data-contrast="none">As a <strong>Senior Data Engineer</strong> in our Unified Platform organization, you will design, build, and operate the data platform and managed services used by Traders, Quantitative Researchers, and Back-Office personnel. You will own engineering projects and service components, work directly with platform users to solve technical problems, and contribute to metadata management and governance capabilities. This is a hands-on role combining technical design ownership, software development, production support, and mentorship within the broader platform architecture.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":100,"335559740":250}"> </span></p>

<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Key Responsibilities</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":true,"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":200,"335559739":140,"335559740":250}"> </span></p>

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