Forthea is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join our team and help build and evolve our proprietary marketing technology platform, and internal tools. In close partnership with our analysts, account teams, and clients. You will engage across the full software development lifecycle, focusing on creating scalable solutions that deliver data-driven insights for our team and enterprise clients. 

This role based in Houston, Texas with a hybrid schedule. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, scalable backend services using Python and Node.js, primarily data analytics apps and dashboards 
• Design, build and manage Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases that support operational and analytics workloads 
• Build responsive, intuitive user interfaces using React.js/Next.js, HTML, and CSS.Also, build and maintaindashboards in PowerBI/PowerApps. 
• Build and maintain Azure-based and multi‑cloud data pipelines and integrations. 
• Leverage cloud platform services in Azure (and sometimes GCP and AWS) for infrastructure and data storage. 
• Implement scalable APIs, authentication, RBAC, and secure multi-tenant architecture. 
• Implement AI and ML models in collaboration with data science. 
• Participateand lead code reviews, architectural discussions, and agile workflows. 
• Improve performance, reliability, testing, and code quality across the stack. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to translate business and analytics needs into production-ready software. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent professional experience). 
• 7-12+ years of experience developing production software and architecting scalable systems.
• Experience with Azure and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Strong skills in SQL, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React/Next.js, Docker 
• Experience building 1-2 full‑stack enterprise applications similar to: multi‑tenant analytics apps/dashboards, unified data warehouse + pipelines, business workflow / planning / automation tools
• Forward-deployed engineering experience – comfort embedding with non-technical stakeholders, translating ambiguous business problems into working software, and iterating quickly with users in the loop. Equally at home in a stakeholder meeting and a code review. 
• Proven experience building API integrations, data pipelines and managing production-scale constraints. 
• Strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (React.js required) 
• Proven experience in AI coding, automation & code optimization techniques. 

Nice to Have

• Marketing analytics, digital marketing or ad tech background
• Experience with Google Ads and Google Analytics 4 APIs
• Experience with PowerBI, NinjaCator other BI software
• Experience with AI/LLM model deployment and monitoring 
• Familiarity with dbt, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, Terraform/Bicep 

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.

While previous experience in the trading and finance industry is beneficial, we’re looking for talented software engineers with or without industry-specific expertise. We are open to remote workers for this role with the correct set of skils.

UP (Unified Platform) consolidates data and technologies into a comprehensive solution, accelerating time to market. Optimizing decision-making and research, our platform simplifies implementing new ideas, enhancing our competitive edge.

UP - PI (Platform Infrastructure) Writes and operates systems that accelerate other development teams. They provide managed services to technologists across all of DRW, helping domain experts focus on their business-critical goals. They create software to connect people, projects, and information, preventing silos and opacity.

For the appropriate candidate, we are open to remote employees for this role.

Expectations:

• Write, maintain, operate and improve managed infrastructure services for technologists firm-wide
• Design and communicate standards for how centrally managed services can be used
• Support internal technologists with triage, education, and consulting
• Write, maintain, operate, and improve bespoke applications for internal use, focused on visibility and integration across teams.
• Enable other teams to focus on business domains.
• Influence outcomes through dozens of software teams.
• Broadcast contagious passion for developer experience.
• Consolidate diverse and redundant approaches to common problems.

Desirable Experience:

• Three or more years of high impact contributions in Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or adjacent roles
• Expertise in operating infrastructure at scale
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Apache Airflow, Kafka, Redis
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Java, Ruby
• Comfort deploying software to the cloud and on-premises
• Proven success in elevating standards for non-functional requirements like security, observability, reliability, and speed of delivery
• Informed perspective about AI Agents as development tools
• Record of accomplishment of enhancing the capabilities of other engineers and teams

The annual base salary range for this position is $100k to $175k depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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