Software Developer - DevOps

As a Software Developer on the infrastructure team at Cumberland (DRW), you'll build the services, platforms and automation that support engineering teams and production systems. You'll develop reliable backend software, improve developer workflows and help operate scalable infrastructure in a predominantly Kubernetes-based environment.

What you'll do

• Design and build reliable backend services and infrastructure tooling using Python
• Develop and operate applications and services on Kubernetes
• Build automation that improves the deployment, operation and management of production systems
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows
• Work with relational databases and message-driven systems, including PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ
• Improve the scalability, reliability, performance and operability of distributed systems
• Collaborate with software developers and infrastructure specialists to solve challenging technical problems
• Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, testing and software architecture best practices
• Drive projects and lead new initiatives
• Migrate legacy workloads to Kubernetes
• Maintain some legacy non-Kubernetes production infrastructure

What you bring

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering or equivalent experience
• 3 to 7 years of experience building and operating software systems
• Strong Python development experience
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with Linux systems
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ
• A strong understanding of software engineering principles, testing and best practices
• The ability to be self-directed, proactive and drive work forward independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Collaborative teamwork and strong interpersonal skills with a passion for problem solving

Nice to have

• Experience with observability practices and tools, including metrics, logging, tracing and alerting

What we offer

• Mentorship with experienced software developers, database administrators and technical project managers
• Continuous learning through paid postgraduate degrees, dev talks, online learning support and one-on-one language tutoring with Berlitz
• 40 hours of paid volunteer work at the organization of your choice
• Bi-weekly social activities, monthly wellness plan, on-site weekly massages and games room
• Daily catered meals (breakfast and lunch) with unlimited snacks and beverages
• Competitive salary, matching RRSP, paid company phone, laptop and work from home setup

About Cumberland (DRW)

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience, headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. The firm trades a variety of asset classes including fixed income, ETFs, equities, FX, commodities and energy, and has expanded into real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.