Technical Lead Blockchain Product

Company: Promote Project
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 24, 2025

Job Description:

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 crypto assets.We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it is not just what we do that matters-it is how we do it. DRW is a place of elevated expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.We are looking for a Technical Lead to join Cumberland's blockchain product development team. This role will be responsible for designing and supporting commercial systems in a technologically diverse stack used to support on-chain application infrastructure globally.Responsibilities:

• Work as part of our blockchain products team to build and support best-in-class customer-facing products on distributed ledger technology.
• Lead Engineering team.
• Serve as Solution Architect for multiple products.
• Triage complex software issues and provide technical support to customers.
• Prioritize and resolve incidents and requests raised by customers.
• Document features and issue resolutions.Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines, or equivalent technical training and/or work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer.
  • Technical Skills: strong understanding of computer hardware and software, networking, security, and other related skills:
    • Experience developing commercial applications using Java, JavaScript, Python or Scala.
    • Experience with databases, particularly SQL, PostgreSQL, and/or Oracle.
    • Good understanding of networking protocols/firewalls and cloud computing environments.
    • Experience packaging and deploying applications is a plus.
    • Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot basic technical issues (e.g., analyzing problems, testing solutions, and recommending changes).
    • Familiarity with configuring and using Operating Systems (Linux/Windows/MacOS).
    • Familiarity with configuring and using blockchain based distributed ledgers (Fabric, Ethereum, etc.).
    • Experience with deploying and configuring services on cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and using containerization/orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
    • Familiarity with using third-party tools such as Jira, Confluence, Datadog, Jaeger, GitHub, etc.
    • Communication Skills: possesses the ability to effectively interact with customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders, utilizing excellent verbal, written, and listening skills to communicate technical concepts clearly and efficiently.
    • Problem-solving Skills: able to identify and understand software issues and develop solutions to fix them.
    • Customer Service Skills: ability to maintain a supportive and calmative approach to answer customer questions, solve problems and provide solutions in high-pressure situations.
    • Desire to be the technical owner of multiple products.
    • Experience managing and assessing contractors and third-party products.
    • Experience working in financial services and/or Web3 is a PLUS.This position can sit in a DRW office in Chicago, New York, or Austin or be fully remote.The annual base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $250,000, depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. Base salary is only a portion of total compensation, which may also include variable compensation and/or benefits.For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at .California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at .
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