Core Infrastructure Software Engineer

Thurn Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer match

Generous vacation and holidays

Catered meals daily

Job summary

Thurn Partners is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to own and evolve production systems supporting a high-stakes financial trading environment.

You will build and own automation, reliability, and performance across compute, storage, and Kubernetes, collaborating with multiple Core Engineering sub-teams and participating in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience as an infrastructure-focused software engineer.
• Strong programming skills - Python is preferred; Go/Java/C++ also considered.
• Deep experience in at least one: distributed storage, database reliability, Kubernetes ownership, or observability infrastructure.
• Proficiency with observability tooling - Grafana, Prometheus, or similar.
• Experience with configuration management and automation - Ansible or equivalent.
• Comfort with Linux at the system level.
• Builder mentality with systems thinking and code-driven problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of infrastructure improvements across compute, storage, Kubernetes platform, and database layers.
• Build observability and automation tooling to reduce operational toil across the fleet.
• Contribute to architectural decisions on reliability and performance at firm-wide scale.
• Collaborate with engineers across Core's sub-teams including Networking, Database, Kafka Platform, Security, and AI Platform.
• Participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Python

Go/Java/C++

Linux system

Observability tooling

Kubernetes platform ownership

Distributed storage

Database reliability engineering

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Ansible

Job description

The team that owns the foundational infrastructure of one of the worlds best-performing fully systematic quantitative trading firms is hiring. This is infrastructure engineering at the highest stakes environment in finance, where the systems you build sit directly beneath hundreds of billions of dollars of trading activity running around the clock across global markets.

The Role

This is a hands-on infrastructure engineering position for someone who builds and owns production systems rather than operating them. You'd be joining the Operations team within Core Engineering - the group responsible for the reliability, performance, and automation of the firm's foundational infrastructure.

• Own end-to-end delivery of infrastructure improvements across compute, storage, Kubernetes platform, and database layers
• Build observability and automation tooling that reduces operational toil across the fleet
• Contribute to architectural decisions on reliability and performance at firm-wide scale
• Work directly with engineers across Core's eight sub-teams including Networking, Database, Kafka Platform, Security, and AI Platform.
• Participate in on-call rotations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience as an infrastructure-focused software engineer
• Strong programming skills - Python is the primary language for this role and ideally your strongest, though strong engineers in Go, Java, or C++ are also considered
• Genuine depth in at least one of: distributed storage systems, database reliability engineering, Kubernetes platform ownership, or observability infrastructure
• Proficiency with observability tooling - Grafana, Prometheus, or similar
• Experience with configuration management and automation - Ansible or equivalent
• Comfort with Linux at the system level
• Builder mentality with strong systems thinking - someone who solves problems by writing code and thinks carefully about how the pieces fit together

Preferred Skills (not required)

• Experience with bare metal infrastructure and low-level Linux systems engineering
• eBPF or Linux kernel experience
• Database reliability engineering - Postgres, MySQL, or similar
• Prior experience in financial services or a latency-sensitive production environment
• Open-source contributions to infrastructure or observability tooling
• Compensation is among the most competitive in the industry for this type of role
• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) with employer match
• 24/7 concierge healthcare with dedicated support for you and your dependents
• Generous vacation and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave plus fertility and adoption support
• Catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily
• No-cost mental health coaching and therapy
• Monthly fitness and wellness benefits

Pre-Application:

• Please do not apply if you are looking for a contract or remote work
• You must be eligible to live and work in the US, without requiring sponsorship
• Please ensure you meet the required experience section prior to applying
• Allow 1-5 working days for a response to any job enquiry

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