Campus Systems Engineer (Full-Time)

Jump Trading; Illinois; On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options

Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D

Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance

Paid vacation plus paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid parental leave

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking a Systems Engineer to optimize the trading environment, collaborating with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers. You will analyze system issues, design robust network infrastructure, and build automation across multiple data centers to support a high-performance trading platform.

The role requires Linux/UNIX proficiency, Python expertise, and a proactive, collaborative attitude.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related technical field.
• Experience with Linux/UNIX and shell commands.
• Practical knowledge of Python and networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking issues.
• Design, implement and optimize network infrastructure for low latency trading applications in data centers worldwide.
• Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment.
• Coordinate changes and manage incidents with risk management and trading teams.
• Manage and assess operational risk of change control into production.
• Define and document process and procedure.
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills

CS/Engineering

Information Systems

Linux/UNIX

Shell scripting

Python

Networking basics

Operates under pressure

Team player

Tools

Windows/Linux tooling

Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of Engineers who architect, build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design/implementation, to optimizing our exchange connectivity, to building world class low latent Wide Area Networks, we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

The Systems Engineer will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and investigate and solve system issues.

• Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform

• Work closely with our world-class technology organization to:

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues

• Design, implement and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low latency trading applications at various data centers throughout the world

• Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment

• Work closely with risk management and trading teams to coordinate changes and manage incidents

• Manage and assess operational risk of change control into the production environment

• Define and document process and procedure

• Other duties as assigned or needed

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED:

• Major in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field

• Experience working with Linux/UNIX OS including advanced commands and shell scripts

• Practical working knowledge of python

• Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, ethernet

• A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to operations

• Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure

• Desire to work in a collaborative, team environment with a positive can do attitude

• Reliable and predictable availability

The estimated base salary for this role is $200,000-$250,000 per year.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs