Trading Systems Engineer

Overview

As a Trading Systems Engineer, you will design, automate, and optimize the Linux-based infrastructure that powers HRT’s real-time trading environment. You will work with a cross-functional team to ensure high availability and ultra-low latency for production systems, tools, and upgrades. You’ll tackle challenging issues in a fast-paced setting and drive efficient, elegant automation across the stack. This role offers the chance to shape the performance of a global trading platform and collaborate with mentors and engineers across the company.

Pay / Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• basic life insurance
• retirement savings plans
• sick and parental leave

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, automate, and optimize worldwide Linux-based trading infrastructure
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues across the stack
• Design and implement system installations and upgrades
• Deploy, configure, and test internal and external applications
• Resolve production-critical issues swiftly and efficiently
• Benchmark and tune the performance of the trading stack
• Hold vendors accountable on performance and reliability during escalations
• Join an on-call rotation to cover trading hours and weekends as needed

Key requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a live production environment (trading preferred)
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux systems (hardware, networking, kernel, applications)
• Knowledge of Debian/Ubuntu desirable
• Proficiency with configuration management tools (SaltStack strongly preferred; Puppet/Ansible/Chef/CFEngine desirable)
• Advanced programming for automation and integration; Python strongly preferred
• Advanced shell scripting (bash)
• Significant experience managing and debugging production trading services
• Strong cross-functional communication and organization skills
• Experience using Jira for project management
• Architect-level cloud experience in AWS or GCP desirable but not required

• cross-functional communication
• problem-solving under pressure
• project management
• Linux systems administration (hardware, networking, kernel, applications)
• SaltStack (strong)
• Puppet/Ansible/Chef/CFEngine (desirable)

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