Head of SRE, Quant Trading Platform Reliability

Acquire Me; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Me is seeking a Head of Site Reliability Engineering in Chicago, Illinois. This role involves managing a team of Site Reliability Engineers and driving initiatives for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. You will shape the direction of the SRE organization and influence critical architectural decisions.

The ideal candidate has experience in leading large SRE teams and a strong technical background in distributed systems and automation. The firm offers a confidential application process.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large SRE, Infrastructure, or Production Engineering teams.
• Background operating at scale within high-performance technology environments.
• Strong technical depth across distributed systems, reliability engineering, automation, and platform operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Site Reliability Engineers.
• Drive reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across critical production infrastructure.
• Lead initiatives spanning observability, automation, incident management, platform engineering, and service resilience.

Skills

Leadership of large SRE teams

Reliability engineering

Automation

Platform operations

Distributed systems

Job description

Acquire Me is seeking a Head of Site Reliability Engineering in Chicago, Illinois. This role involves managing a team of Site Reliability Engineers and driving initiatives for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. You will shape the direction of the SRE organization and influence critical architectural decisions.

The ideal candidate has experience in leading large SRE teams and a strong technical background in distributed systems and automation. The firm offers a confidential application process.