Quantitative Developer - Mid-Frequency Equities

About this role

DRW seeks an experienced Quantitative Developer to build and maintain production infrastructure for mid-frequency equity statistical arbitrage strategies. You'll work across research, trading, and operations teams to ensure trading systems are performant, reliable, and operationally sound.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain end-to-end production infrastructure for statistical arbitrage strategies
• Develop research and back-testing platforms
• Build analytics tools and dashboards to monitor data quality, signals, and trade integrity
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and operational resilience
• Monitor live trading alpha generation and resolve production issues quickly
• Stay current with emerging technologies and academic research relevant to systematic trading

What they're looking for

• Python programming with strong engineering practices
• Snowflake and SQL for large-scale data handling
• End-to-end equity trading systems development
• Production monitoring and corporate action adjustments
• Trader dashboard and UI development
• Data validation, normalization, and back-testing
• Portfolio construction and constraint enforcement
• Independent problem-solving in high-pressure environments

Benefits

• Annual base salary $175,000–$250,000 plus discretionary bonus
• Medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy insurance
• 401(k) with discretionary employer match
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts