UX/UI Software Engineer, Cryptoassets
Chicago, IL

Job Description

UX/UI Software Engineer, Cryptoassets

* ID: 687078
* Location: Chicago
* Department: Cryptoassets, Technology
* Targeted Start Date: Immediate
* Type: Regular

DRW is a technology-driven, diversified principal trading firm. We trade our own capital at our own risk, across a broad range of asset classes, instruments and strategies, in financial markets around the world. As the markets have evolved over the past 25 years, so has DRW - maximizing opportunities to include real estate, cryptoassets and venture capital. With nearly 900 employees at our Chicago headquarters and offices around the world, we work together to solve complex problems, challenge consensus and deliver meaningful results. It's a place of high expectations, deep curiosity and thoughtful collaboration.

Cumberland - a DRW Company is the cryptoasset arm of DRW, established in 2014 after early interest in cryptoassets and their underlying technology. Today, Cumberland is a global leader in cryptoassets, uniquely positioned between the traditional financial markets and the cryptoasset ecosystem. From our offices in Chicago, London and Singapore, we provide 24-hour access to a wide array of cryptoassets while helping the crypto ecosystem grow and evolve in a responsible, sustainable way.

As a member of this team will be expected to design and develop all UX/UI software and their associated backend services as well as play a critical role in the design of various inter-process APIs. The team's existing systems are written in Java, C++, Python, and JavaScript. Future system, of which there are many still in the green-field phase, will likely be written in the same set of languages.

Candidates should have strong initiative and have proven experience independently driving projects to completion. We work from high-level requirements and programmers are expected to gain an intimate understanding of the business and work directly with traders and researchers on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:

* Working closely with traders, researchers, and other developers to build products that help understand, visualize and interact with large datasets in new and exciting ways.
* Developing full products, from inception to production, including identifying the business needs, user experience, backend processing, production support, and product evangelism.
* Working primarily with JavaScript, Node.js, ReactJS, and TypeScript.
* Pushing the limits of browser performance by building highly interactive web-based visualizations and/or plug-ins for Chrome.
* Providing on-call production support as needed.
* Collaborating with traders, researchers, and software engineers within our group as well as elsewhere within the organization.

Some of the key skills are:

* 5+ years of experience with web development (JavaScript, HTML5, WebSockets, Node.js, ReactJS, etc.)
* 3+ years of experience with product management, feature gathering, and UX design
* Experience working with Chrome developer tools
* Experience developing server-side systems in Java, Python, or C++
* Experience developing on Linux and a familiarity with the command line and Bash scripting
* Experience with DevOps or system administration to aid in deployment, load balancing, and troubleshooting is helpful but not required
* Experience with trading systems is helpful but not required
* Experience with implementing security systems (e.g. 2FA, encryption, etc.) is helpful but not required