Ultra-Low Latency Trading Systems Engineer

Hudson River Trading; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical—healthcare package

Dental plan

Vision care

Basic life insurance

Retirement plans

Sick leave

Parental leave

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Trading Systems Engineer to join our Trading Systems Infrastructure team. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining the Linux-based trading infrastructure that powers our global, ultra low-latency environment.

You will work on high-availability systems, automate tasks with Python and SaltStack, and collaborate across teams. The role requires 7+ years of live production experience and willingness to participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience supporting a live production environment (especially trading).
• Expert in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Linux systems, from hardware and networking to kernel to applications
• Knowledge of Debian/Ubuntu is desirable
• Proficiency with configuration management tools, particularly SaltStack - strong knowledge of Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or CFEngine is also desirable
• Advanced programming experience focusing on automation and integration; Python is strongly preferred
• Advanced shell (bash) scripting experience
• Significant experience managing and debugging production trading services
• Strong cross-functional communication and organization skills
• Proven ability to manage assigned projects efficiently, ideally using JIRA
• Architect-level cloud experience in AWS or GCP is desirable, but not required

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, automate, and optimize worldwide Linux-based trading infrastructure by planning and executing complex technical projects and tasks
• Troubleshoot hardware and software issues across the stack
• Design and implement system installations and upgrades
• Deploy, configure, and test internal and external applications
• Remain unfazed by production-critical issues, resolving them quickly and efficiently
• Benchmark and tune the performance of the trading stack
• Hold vendors accountable on performance and reliability issues, with the ability to confidently go toe-to-toe with a vendor's Tier 2 engineering team during an escalation
• Join an on-call rotation schedule to cover trading hours and weekend shifts, as needed

Skills

Python

Bash scripting

Automation

Tools

SaltStack

Puppet

Ansible

Chef

CFEngine

Job description

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Trading Systems Engineer to join our Trading Systems Infrastructure team. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining the Linux-based trading infrastructure that powers our global, ultra low-latency environment.

You will work on high-availability systems, automate tasks with Python and SaltStack, and collaborate across teams. The role requires 7+ years of live production experience and willingness to participate in on-call rotations.