Site Reliability Engineer - Low-Latency Trading

Virtu Financial; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Paid maternity leave

Enhanced paternity leave

Private health cover

Dental cover

GP access

Wellness programme

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Gym subsidy

Cycle to Work scheme

Travel insurance

Catered lunches

Job summary

Virtu Financial is seeking a Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineer to manage the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating across hundreds of venues worldwide.

You will work in a Linux environment with traders and exchanges, solving complex problems under pressure and driving system triage and optimisation in time-sensitive situations. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced electronic trading environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments.
• Competence in at least one programming language – preferably Python / Bash / Perl / Go or similar.
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

Responsibilities

• Maintain deployment and operation of a sophisticated electronic trading system.
• Resolve issues in time-sensitive, high-stress environments.
• Coordinate with traders and exchanges to understand market structure.
• Support external trading connections and risk management.
• Triage and optimise system performance.

Skills

Linux

Python

Bash

Go

High-stress environments

Tools

SQL

Ansible

Puppet

Salt

Networking TCP/UDP

Job description

Virtu Financial is seeking a Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineer to manage the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating across hundreds of venues worldwide.

You will work in a Linux environment with traders and exchanges, solving complex problems under pressure and driving system triage and optimisation in time-sensitive situations. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced electronic trading environment.