Software Engineer, Research – Cumberland Systematic

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Python experience gained through professional experience
• Built complex systems in modern Python that are maintainable and safely refactorable
• Hands-on experience managing large, evolving timeseries data
• A working knowledge of type safety and type systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong internal motivation and a continual desire to learn
• Bonus points if you have contributions to open-source crypto projects
• Bonus points if you have production experience running full or archive blockchain nodes at scale
• Bonus points if you have collaborated with quantitative researchers
• Bonus points if you have a working knowledge of high-level machine learning concepts and lifecycle
• Bonus points if you have experience with functional programming and immutable design principles
• Bonus points if you have practical knowledge of major blockchain types and clients

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, document, and maintain software and infrastructure needed for quantitative financial research
• Accelerate the research lifecycle from data engineering to feature generation and analysis
• Integrate with diverse data sources such as blockchains, exchanges, and data vendors
• Test at the unit, functional, and integration levels
• Work within a small team as well as independently with a strong user focus
• Provide on-call support as needed

Technologies:

• Blockchain
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Python

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We are DRW, a diversified trading firm with over three decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. 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 real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. Our Cumberland Systematic team is a multi-asset trading group focused on mid and high-frequency fully systematic strategies in the delta one space, trading 24/7 globally with our team located primarily in Chicago and London. We value autonomy, high expectations, integrity, innovation, respect, curiosity, open minds, and a willingness to challenge consensus.

last updated 36 week of 2026