Aimed at mid-level to senior professionals with technical and trading experience who can bridge operational and technological needs in London.
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Original posting from DRW via Greenhouse
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
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 three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
As a Trade Support Specialist, Cumberland Options you will provide support to a group of trading desks based in London. This is an opportunity to solve challenging problems while working closely with experienced traders, researchers and software engineers to optimize operational workflow and use the right tools and technology for the job.
Responsibilities:
Provide operational support for several of the firm’s crypto trading desks
Trade capture for all products related to the desks’ activity: futures/futures options
Trade and position reconciliation with the firm’s clearing houses and brokers
Daily P&L calculation and substantiation
Working knowledge and experience in derivatives
Gain mastery of the firm’s proprietary trade capture, inventory management, treasury management, and risk management systems necessary to support the desks’ activity
Act as process owner for current functionality and provide critical support and advice regarding needed enhancements to technology, workflows, and processes:
Gain a strong understanding of traders’ risk management tools and provide support for related traders’ needs
Upgrade and support traders’ tools to effectively utilize technologies and tools that are firm standard
Interface with technology to improve tools where they fall short of meeting the desks’ needs
Adopt, integrate, and promote new technology as it becomes available
Requirements:
Strong interest or working knowledge and experience in crypto
Previous experience with Version Control, Git, Python, Cron, Linux
Minimum of 2 years of experience in the front office, middle office, back office, or risk management roles working with exchange-traded and over-the-counter products and derivatives
Experience working with derivatives is preferred
Substantial prior interaction with the front office and senior management in an active trading environment
Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, math, or another quantitative field or material equivalent exposure
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Demonstrated ability to analyze problems and synthesize and implement solutions
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Source: DRW careers (Greenhouse)