Platform Engineer Intern

How you will make an impact…

Engage in and improve the lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of DRW’s services.
Manage service capacity, performance, and disaster recovery.
Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner.
Solve problems related to mission critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.
Collaborate with other systems and infrastructure engineers, software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team environments.
What you bring to the team…

Are pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028.
Have exposure to any of the following: networking, Linux/Unix administration, systems performance, capacity planning, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD tools.
Understand the fundamentals of large-scale distributed systems.
Exhibit excellent scripting skills in languages like Python and Bash.
What to expect during the internship…

Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a senior engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.
Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.
Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office – making your morning commute as easy as possible.
Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.
Education: We believe in constant learning. To prepare you for the evolving landscape of technology in trading, you will complete courses that help you understand how your technology solutions will be used in real time. As the trading industry continually evolves, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges.