Low-Latency Performance Engineer for Trading Systems

Westbury Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Westbury Partners in Sydney is seeking a Low-Latency Performance Optimization Engineer to analyse, experiment and optimise trading systems end to end. You will drive system-wide improvements by understanding how complex trading systems interact with exchanges and by identifying bottlenecks across software, hardware, and networks.

You will collaborate with traders, engineers and infrastructure specialists to prototype and test new technologies and optimisation strategies, turning milliseconds

Qualifications

• Experience with low-latency or high-performance systems.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Performing black-box analysis and reverse engineering to uncover bottlenecks.
• Designing statistical experiments to explain real-world system behaviour.
• Prototyping and testing new technologies and optimisation strategies.
• Analysing terabytes of network and system data for actionable insights.
• Collaborating with traders, engineers, and infrastructure specialists.

Skills

Low-level systems

Reverse engineering

Data analysis

Autonomous problem solving

Trading technology

Tools

Python

C++

Linux

Networking

Big data

Job description

Westbury Partners in Sydney is seeking a Low-Latency Performance Optimization Engineer to analyse, experiment and optimise trading systems end to end. You will drive system-wide improvements by understanding how complex trading systems interact with exchanges and by identifying bottlenecks across software, hardware, and networks.

You will collaborate with traders, engineers and infrastructure specialists to prototype and test new technologies and optimisation strategies, turning milliseconds