Reliability Engineer

Tower Research Capital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency trading firm, seeks a Reliability Engineer in Singapore. The role focuses on maintaining and improving critical order management and market data systems across major exchanges and asset classes.

You will work closely with trading, risk, and compliance teams, provide 1st/2nd line production support, and help design reliable, self-correcting systems. Strong Linux, networking, and scripting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field is required.
• 6+ years of experience in the finance industry are expected.
• Proficient in scripting (Python, Perl, Bash/Shell).
• In-depth knowledge of Linux OS, Kernel, scheduling, and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts.
• Experience with SQL and MongoDB databases.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Order Management Systems and Market Data Delivery Systems across exchanges and asset classes.
• Coordinate with trading, risk, business, and compliance to meet needs and deploy solutions in production.
• Provide level 1 and 2 production support.
• Contribute to design and implementation of reliability and self-correction systems.
• Collaborate with core engineering teams on architecture and development.
• Monitor and report system health and status.
• Serve as primary technical contact for brokers and exchanges.
• Provide periodic after-hours coverage.

Skills

Python scripting

Perl

Bash/Shell

Linux OS

Linux kernel

Networking (TCP/IP)

SQL

MongoDB

Troubleshooting

Time management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Tools

Linux tooling

Job description

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a Reliability Engineer, with a strong background from systematic/algorithmic trading industry to join the team in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Managing the widely-deployed Order Management Systems and Market Data Delivery Systems involving every major electronic exchange and asset class
• Working closely with trading teams, risk management, business management and compliance to understand their needs. Acting as the main coordinator to make sure all requirements are met and appropriate solution is setup in production accordingly
• Solving problems by providing level one and level two support for our production systems
• Contributing to the design and implementation of the support system to enhance reliability and self-correction
• Devising ways to architect and develop with other technical teams within core engineering
• Monitoring and reporting on the status and health of our systems
• Serving as the primary technical contact for brokers and exchanges
• Providing periodic after-hours coverage

Qualifications

• At least a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline
• At least 6 years of experience in the finance industry
• Proficient in Python scripting and/or other scripting languages such as Perl, Bash or Shell.
• In-depth knowledge of Linux OS, Kernel, scheduling, performance tuning
• Strong understanding of network concepts including TCP/IP, routing, VLAN, multicast.
• Knowledge of SQL, MongoDB and use of databases
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills