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About the Role
DRW is seeking a Cloud Performance Engineer to collaborate with technology teams in building high-performance cloud solutions for trading workloads. You will join the Cloud Performance Team, working with cloud engineers, software developers, and Linux/network engineers to optimize performance end-to-end.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud and hybrid cloud architectures for latency-sensitive trading workloads.
- Build and maintain systems that continuously monitor the latency characteristics of distributed hybrid workloads.
- Work on orchestration tooling for provisioning cloud resources, networking configurations, and server-side processes.
- Build backend systems for collecting performance metrics and associated tooling.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including deep knowledge of networking and compute services (EC2, VPC, Direct Connect).
- Good overview of the AWS service landscape and core concepts like IAM.
- Experience using IaC tools such as Terraform to manage cloud infrastructure and resources (docker, K8s, Cisco devices).
- Experience in network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP) and major routing protocols.
- Solid understanding of Linux systems and the Linux network stack.
- Strong background in automation via Bash scripting and Python programming, ideally with serverless cloud services orchestration.
- Demonstrable experience working with modern AI coding agents, balancing rapid prototyping with critical review.
- Ability to implement systems with a security-first mindset, adhering to firm-wide security policies and best practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to independently drive work to completion.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
- 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 a compiled language (preferably Go or C++).
- Experience with Linux kernel bypass techniques such as DPDK.
Skills
- Cloud technology
- Systems engineering
- Networking
- Automation
- AWS
- EC2
- VPC
- Direct Connect
- IAM
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Cisco devices
- DNS
- DHCP
- TCP/IP
- Routing
- Switching
- HTTP
- Linux
- Bash scripting
- Python
- Serverless cloud services
- AI coding agents
- Security
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Data pipelines
- Go
- C++
- DPDK
Location
- Chicago
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4+ years of experience
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
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