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Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

DV Trading is hiring a Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities) in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include C, Python and Linux.
  • Level files it as a junior role.
  • Level lists 73 other open roles at DV Trading.
  • The role was posted within the past week.

AI in this role

Build proprietary trading tools and applications while using AI to accelerate development in a financial services environment.

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About Us:
Founded more than 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser.

DV Commodities is a division within DV Group that specializes in trading commodities markets, including crude oil, refined products, natural gas, power, emissions, metals, softs, and agriculture. DV Commodities' risk management, world-class technology, and talented traders have enabled it to become one of the world’s largest liquidity providers and risk allocators in the energy and commodities spaces. DV Commodities currently has over 35 desks, with traders and staff located in London, New York, Chicago, Houston, and Dubai.

Responsibilities:

  • Build and improve a variety of proprietary trading tools to support the trading desks across the business
  • Collaborate with other developers, tech leaders, traders, and researchers to outline the technical needs for each trading application
  • Work with technology and business stakeholders in iterative fashion to deliver platform functionality
  • Architect greenfield solutions to address business needs, and work with equal confidence in established codebases: quickly building context in unfamiliar systems, extending them safely, and improving them as you go
  • Use AI to accelerate development while taking full ownership of your code: apply engineering judgment across the entire lifecycle, from design and edge case handling through deployment and production support

Requirements:

  • Expected to graduate with a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field by Summer 2027
  • Experience programming in either C++ and/or Python in Linux environments, ideally on quantitative or latency-sensitive problems
  • Accelerate development with AI tools while fully owning your code from verification through edge case handling
  • Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
  • Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work onsite at our London office 5 days a week

DV is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. Only search firms with valid, written agreements with DV should submit resumes in response to DV’s posted positions. All resumes submitted by search firms to DV via e-mail, the Internet, personal delivery, facsimile, or any other method without a valid written agreement shall be deemed the sole property of DV, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by DV. DV is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

How we rate this

Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities) at DV Trading rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Software EngineeringProprietary TradingQuantitative DevelopmentAI Assisted CodingCPythonLinux

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  1. Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where proprietary trading was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where quantitative development was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where ai assisted coding was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used C in your day-to-day work.

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