Python Software Engineer - Digital Assets

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. DRW has an opening for a Senior Software Engineer focused on digital assets. The team builds and operates systems that move and safeguard cryptoassets across the firm — including treasury automation, wallet inventory and reference data, integrations with custody platforms, and operational controls used by digital asset operations. You’ll work directly with those business partners and enjoy building meaningful products from day one. At DRW we strive for an environment where technologists are free to pursue solutions to the problems of the business free from arbitrary management constraints and supported by excellent technical resources. All development teams at DRW believe in rapid deployment and feedback, automated testing, and cohesive, transparent, lightly-coupled service architectures. We ship on Kubernetes with modern CI/CD. Candidates should have strong initiative and proven experience independently driving projects to completion. We work from high-level requirements and value engineers who dig into the business to build the right thing. Responsibilities: - Designing, building, and testing full-stack applications (APIs through UI) used by digital asset operations and related business partners - Partnering with those teams to turn ambiguous business problems into clear technical plans and shipped software - Owning software end-to-end after it ships — we run what we build (deploy, operate, on-call); we don’t hand systems off to a separate ops team - Working across greenfield systems and existing codebases - Building and improving tooling and processes around CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes / internal cloud - Collaborating with other software teams, trading desks, and business units - Mentoring and raising the bar for engineering practice on a small team - Learning and championing useful new technologies where they fit Desirable Experience: - We are looking for strong senior engineers with crypto or digital-asset systems experience. Deep Python expertise is a meaningful differentiator for this role. - Cryptoassets, digital-asset operations, or custody / wallet platforms (or closely adjacent high-stakes money-movement systems) - DeFi, smart contracts, staking, or other on-chain systems - Full-stack development with Python (FastAPI) - Strong relational data modeling fundamentals - GitOps and Kubernetes - Job orchestration systems (Airflow, Prefect, etc.) For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice [https://drw.com/privacy-notice]. California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice [https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice]. #LI-MM1

**This is a remote position open to candidates in Europe. For those based in the Czech Republic, a hybrid work model is also available. ABOUT US We are a leading product development partner specializing in custom web and mobile application development. With Silicon Valley founders and top-tier European tech talent, we operate from Prague and have successfully delivered over 65 software products for early-stage startups, scaleups, and global enterprises. * Founded in 2016 * Headquartered in Prague * Built and launched 65+ products * 90+ team members * Driving product innovation for leading US companies At OAK’S LAB, we take an AI-first approach, utilizing AI on almost every project. From streamlining design and testing workflows to enhancing developer productivity, our teams leverage tools such as Figma MCP Server, Playwright MCP Server, and Cursor, and we’re actively experimenting with remote AI agents to push the boundaries of what’s possible in product development. OUR PROJECTS Here are a few from our portfolio: * Nasdaq Private Market (Series C, Finance)- nasdaqprivatemarket.com * Blackpoint Cyber (Series B, Cybersecurity) - blackpointcyber.com * OpenLoop (Series A, Healthcare) - openloophealth.com THE ROLE Our product development team is looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer who combines creative thinking, exceptional problem-solving skills, and technical expertise to build outstanding web and mobile applications for our clients. You’ll play a key part in building and scaling impactful digital products from the ground up. You’ll work as part of a dedicated product team alongside a Tech Lead, Product Manager, Designer, and a talented group of engineers, driving the success of innovative companies. Your role will involve everything from participating in high-level technical discussions to engineering and deploying complex features, giving you full ownership across the entire product development lifecycle. For ambitious engineers, we’ll provide the time, mentorship, and opportunities to step into a leadership role, where you can guide and mentor your own team over the longer term. You’ll also have the opportunity to join our internal AI Guild, a community where engineers share insights, experiment with cutting-edge AI tools, and learn from one another. RESPONSIBILITIES * Design, develop, and version high-quality web and mobile applications * Collaborate with product teams to understand feature requirements and translate them into technical solutions * Be accountable for an area of the application, its delivery, production-level quality, and its effective presentation to stakeholders * Understand the product and user needs to prioritize business value and functionality * Ensure the application meets all requirements of security and scalability * Write clean and scalable code * Engage in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, mentoring less senior engineers SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS * 5+ years of experience in building web solutions using Node and React * Experienced with Javascript/Typescript * Focus on code quality * Desire to learn new technologies and apply AI in your workflow * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Proactiveness and the capability to make a difference * Driven, hard work ethic, showing commitment * Ability to work effectively in a team environment, following Agile methodologies * Proficient in English * Experience with Python is beneficial but not essential OUR TECH STACK * Typescript * Node.js * React + Next.js * React Native * GraphQL, tRPC * Material UI * Playwright * PostgreSQL * Google Cloud Platform * Python * HuggingFace API, LLM APIs (eg OpenAI API), Langchain, Vector Databases for RAG Important Notice: OAK'S LAB communication, including interview requests and job offers, are only sent from an "@oakslab.com" or "@oaks-lab.com" email addresses (e.g., john@oakslab.com or john@oaks-lab.com). Any message from a different email domain is not associated with OAK'S LAB. We will never ask for payment information or banking details via email, phone, or any other communication channel during the interview process. If you receive messages using our name, domain, or brand assets in an attempt to impersonate us or act on our behalf, do not engage. Instead, report it to Econsumer.gov at Government Shutdown Notice / Aviso de cierre del gobierno (if you are in the EU), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at Government Shutdown Notice / Aviso de cierre del gobierno , or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in case of investment fraud at SEC.gov | Report Suspected Securities Fraud or Wrongdoing (if you are in the US).