Infrastructure/Backend Engineer

Dormont Manufacturing Co; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive equity ownership packages

Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance

Access to cutting-edge infrastructure and tools

Job summary

Dormont Manufacturing Co is seeking an experienced Infrastructure/Backend Engineer to join its New York City team. In this hybrid role, you will focus on modernizing a high-performance infrastructure stack, driving latency reduction, and employing Infrastructure as Code principles for system management.

The ideal candidate has significant experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and a strong grasp of security fundamentals. The position offers a salary between $180,000 and $320,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Kubernetes best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, GitHub Action, Docker, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience writing backend applications in Golang.

Responsibilities

• Drive the migration of applications to a modern infrastructure stack.
• Optimize applications to minimize latency and maximize financial edge.
• Maintain the production environment utilizing IaC methodologies.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Golang

Docker

Postgres

Clickhouse

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Location: New York, United States (Hybrid)

Hybrid| Full-time

Compensation: $180K - $320K

We are hiring on behalf of our client, a leading firm operating at the intersection of advanced financial markets and digital asset infrastructure who is seeking a skilled Infrastructure/Backend Engineer to join its growing technical team in New York City. Operating in a hybrid capacity with a heavy emphasis on collaborative, in‑office presence, the employer provides a state‑of‑the‑art trading and data ecosystem that processes tens of billions in cumulative volume.

In this pivotal role, the successful candidate will spearhead the modernization and scalability of a high‑performance infrastructure layer. This individual will focus on migrating systems to a robust, ultra‑low‑latency infrastructure stack built entirely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. The primary objective is to build an advanced, reliable, and secure self‑service infrastructure platform that empowers developers to manage deployments, monitoring, and provisioning independently. This position requires an engineering mindset rooted in institutional financial systems, elite operational excellence, and high‑velocity problem‑solving.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Migration & Optimization: Drive the comprehensive migration of applications and core services from legacy systems to a highly resilient, modern infrastructure stack.
• Platform Self‑Service & Orchestration: Mature and scale internal testing and validation tools, including local stack orchestration frameworks, allowing developers to execute applications flexibly and coordinate multiple automated agents simultaneously.
• Latency Reduction: Collaborate closely with application engineering teams to optimize critical‑path applications, identifying and resolving software and infrastructure bottlenecks to minimize latency and maximize financial edge.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Maintain, deploy, and manage 100% of the production environment utilizing IaC methodologies, ensuring absolute consistency, visibility, and automation across all layers.
• Security & Reliability Engineering: Actively identify, mitigate, and minimize security attack vectors; coordinate contained chaos‑engineering tests and system stress‑tests using automated testing suites and advanced technical tools to guarantee maximum uptime.

Requirements

Technical Foundations

• Core infrastructure fundamentals (security, networking, access control, etc).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Kubernetes best practices.
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, GitHub Action, Docker, Prometheus, and Grafana. Evangelist of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience writing backend applications in Golang.
• Experience with Postgres, Clickhouse, Dagster (Nice to have).

Professional Characteristics

• Security‑Minded: A proactive approach to zero‑trust architecture, security configuration, and continuous system hardening.
• Advanced Tool Leverage: High proficiency in leveraging advanced AI and development tools effectively—possessing the technical depth to rigorously validate outputs, establish guardrails, and avoid passive code generation.
• Solution‑Oriented & Autonomous: Ability to independently audit the existing stack, identify operational gaps, prioritize tasks based on commercial value, and execute solutions.
• Collaborative Rigor: Strong alignment with a “disagree and commit” philosophy; maintaining a team‑first mindset that prioritizes collective execution and continuous cross‑functional learning alongside quantitative researchers and operations teams.

Location & Availability

• Must be located within commuting distance of New York, NY, and prepared to work onsite in a hybrid structure that includes up to 5 days a week in the office based on business requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Compensation: Highly attractive base salary ranging from $180,000 to $320,000, commensurate with experience.
• Long‑Term Incentives: Comprehensive equity ownership packages and token allocation structures.
• Cutting‑Edge Tech Stack: Access to premier infrastructure, hardware, and modern automated tooling.
• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage options.
• Professional Growth: Direct exposure to institutional‑grade trading platforms and collaborative environments alongside industry‑leading technical and quantitative professionals.

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