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# Senior Software Engineer - Systematic Trading Infrastructure

- **Company:** Drw
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Backtesting, Software Engineering, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** May 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/37373058/

## About the Role

5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience designing, building and operating systems with high complexity.
Prior experience in equity stat-arb in a hedge fund, prop trading or systematic trading environment is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with the end-to-end systematic trading stack, including data, research, back testing, execution, monitoring, and post-trade analysis.
Strong system design skills and sound engineering judgment.
High standards for correctness, reliability, testing, observability, and maintainability

## Description

Architect, implement, and maintain production infrastructure for systematic trading strategies
Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines for research and production use
Develop and maintain research, simulation, and back testing platforms
Integrate trading strategies with execution systems and support live trading workflows
Build tooling for real-time monitoring, diagnostics, performance attribution, and post-trade analysis
Improve system design, scalability, observability, operational resilience, and maintainability


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