Mid-Level Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Investment Management, Systematic Trading

New York, NY

Fully in-office/on-site

THE ROLE

Our client's Site Reliability Engineers form a small, fast-paced global team dedicated to managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world.

Positioned at the very forefront of our technology’s interaction with the financial markets, requiring them to work well under high-stress situations and have an ability to react decisively and quickly in time-sensitive situations.

A strong interest in the markets and technology is a must. This is a unique job opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced electronic trading environment.

• Strong academic record
• Excellent working knowledge of Windows/Linux environments
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Minimum 2 years of experience working experience, preferably in a site reliability engineering role. Internships included.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments

DESIRED:

• Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python
• Working with financial systems or knowledge of the global financial market place

Additionally interesting Bash / Perl / Go or similar.

• Experience with SQL
• Experience with OMS/ESM order flow
• Knowledge of networking, both TCP and UDP
• Experience with configuration management platforms (i.e. Ansible, Puppet or Salt)