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# Market Data Developer

- **Company:** D R W Inc
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, C++ (Programming Language), Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Multicasting, Network Service, Software Systems, WebSocket, Information Technology, Api Design, Microservices
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/2829f758-0c64-4b20-8bcf-6e81cc62c932

## About the Role

* Experience designing, developing, and supporting mission critical, high-performance applications.
 * 5+ years of professional, modern (C++20 and beyond) C++ experience.
 * 3+ years of professional script development experience, preferably Python.
 * Demonstrated knowledge of network communication, including multicast and WebSockets
 * Experience with inter-process messaging, micro-service architectures, and API design
 * Experience with trading systems is desirable, but not required
 * Excellent oral and written communication skills
 * B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree

## Description

We are looking for a Market Data Developer to join our Cumberland team. This role is responsible for building and supporting a C++ based technology stack that empowers Cumberland to trade across many exchanges and regions using a wide range of strategies.

As a member of this team, you will work with other software engineers to design and develop the full stack of software needed to support a global trading operation. You are expected to design and develop market data solutions, monitoring systems, and tools to integrate with DRW's core infrastructure services.

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 Quantitative Researchers on a daily basis., * Work as part of our cryptoassets team to establish and maintain best-in-class software systems that enable 24-hour, global trading operations

 * Design and develop full-stack software systems including trading systems, exchange connectivity solutions, and monitoring systems
 * Working in multiple languages, including C++, and Python
 * Testing at the unit, functional, and integration level
 * Working on legacy code as well as greenfield development
 * Providing on-call support as needed
 * Collaborating with traders, researchers, and software engineers within our group as well as elsewhere within the organization.


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