SRE / DevOps Engineer – High Frequency Trading - Multi Strategy Hedge Fund - Multi Billion Doll[...]

JR United Kingdom; Southampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multi-strategy hedge fund in Southampton is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps Engineer to drive automation in trading technologies. Join elite engineers and investment professionals to enhance systems' performance and reliability, working with cutting-edge cloud-based tech and offering competitive compensation.

Benefits

Competitive compensation packages

Engage in high-impact projects

Collaborate with top-tier professionals

Exposure to cloud technologies

Immediate opportunities for innovation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SRE or DevOps.
• Strong programming in Python or equivalent scripting.
• Experience with SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation across systematic trading systems.
• Support critical trading applications 24/7.
• Communicate with technical and non-technical teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

DevOps practices

Automation tools

FIX Protocol

Incident management skills

Tools

AWS

Docker

SNS

SQS

RabbitMQ

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SRE / DevOps Engineer – High Frequency Trading - Multi Strategy Hedge Fund - Multi Billion Dollar Hedge Fund - Multiple Headcount - Up to £600k TC, Southampton

Join a leading multi-strategy hedge fund, where you’ll collaborate with elite engineers and top investment professionals to develop cutting-edge trading technology.

We are seeking highly skilled SRE / DevOps Engineers with 5+ years of experience to join a leading multi-strategy hedge fund. This role offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, technology-driven trading environment where you will collaborate with elite engineers and top investment professionals to develop cutting-edge trading technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the transformation of trading, research, and development environments to a fully automated, systematic trading system operating 24/7 across multiple assets globally.
• Build effective tooling for automation across all phases of SDLC, ensuring rigorous testing, release, and deployment processes.
• Improve trading systems' performance, monitoring, availability, and reliability.
• Provide day-to-day support for mission-critical trading applications and infrastructure.
• Develop a deep understanding of trading workflows and demonstrate excellent incident management skills.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Required Technical Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Python or another scripting language
• Experience with SQL databases
• Knowledge of FIX Protocol
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools

Why Join?

• Work in a prestigious and highly profitable hedge fund, offering some of the best compensation packages in the market.
• Engage in high-impact projects within a dynamic and technology-driven environment.
• Collaborate with top-tier professionals in front-office trading, risk management, and quantitative analytics.
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge cloud-based technologies (AWS), containerization (Docker), and messaging systems (SNS, SQS, RabbitMQ).
• Immediate opportunities to contribute meaningfully and drive innovation.

If you are passionate about building robust, high-performance trading systems and want to work with some of the best minds in the industry, apply below