Application Developer

HRUCKUS; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Job summary

HRUCKUS seeks an Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation (Python) to build automation tooling supporting a high-performance network instrumentation and packet analytics environment in New York. This role emphasizes software engineering for automation, not network operations, with focus on market data feeds and trading infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will design scalable tooling providing visibility into market data, trading systems, and network performance, and

Qualifications

• Experience building automation tools.
• Experience with packet capture or network analytics platforms.
• Understanding of network infrastructure including Load Balancers, Firewalls, Network Switches, Packet Capture.
• Experience with metadata automation.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python automation for packet capture and instrumentation platforms.
• Build automated validation tools to verify market data feed integrity.
• Develop processes to collect and maintain metadata for network infrastructure and trading environments.
• Automate configuration generation for packet capture devices and aggregation switches.
• Develop tooling to monitor network performance, drops, and latency.
• Build APIs and chatbot integration layers for querying instrumentation environments.
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers and business stakeholders.
• Improve automation, operational efficiency, and system visibility.

Skills

Python

Automation tools

Network analytics

Software engineering Fundamentals

Tools

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Packet capture

Job description

Veteran Firm Seeking an Application Developer - Network and Market Data Instrumentation (Python) for a Hybrid Onsite Assignment in New York, NY

We seek to fill an Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation Python role in New York, NY

The ideal candidate is a New York resident with strong Python development skills, experience building automation tools for network analytics, and ideally, a background in low-latency trading infrastructure.

Executive Summary:

HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation Python to build automation and tooling supporting a high-performance network instrumentation and packet analytics environment.

Position Description:

We are seeking an experienced Application Developer with strong Python development skills to build automation and tooling supporting a high-performance network instrumentation and packet analytics environment. This is a software engineering role focused on automation—not a network operations position. The ideal candidate has experience developing automation for network infrastructure, packet capture environments, metadata management, and low-latency trading systems. You will design scalable tooling that provides visibility into market data feeds, trading infrastructure, and network performance.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Python automation for packet capture and instrumentation platforms
• Build automated validation tools to verify market data feed integrity
• Develop processes to collect and maintain metadata for network infrastructure and trading environments
• Automate configuration generation for packet capture devices and aggregation switches
• Develop tooling to monitor network performance, drops, and latency
• Build APIs and chatbot integration layers for querying instrumentation environments
• Collaborate with infrastructure engineers and business stakeholders
• Improve automation, operational efficiency, and system visibility

Required Qualifications:

• Experience building automation tools
• Experience with packet capture or network analytics platforms
• Understanding of network infrastructure including: Load Balancers, Firewalls, Network Switches, Packet Capture
• Experience with metadata automation
• Strong software engineering fundamentals

Desired Qualifications:

• Corvil CNE or CMC Certification
• Low-latency trading infrastructure
• REST APIs
• MCP AI integration
• Git
• CI CD

Details:

Job Title: Application Developer Network and Market Data Instrumentation (Python)