Junior Trading Ops & DevOps Engineer - Python & Latency
Old Mission
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Job summary
Old Mission is seeking a Junior Trading Ops/DevOps Engineer in Chicago to safeguard performance of proprietary trading systems and in-house applications. You will own technical issues and bridge SRE, operations, and DevOps functions.
The role emphasizes automation in Python, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration with Linux/network teams. Strong programming and teamwork are essential for this fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in CS, Math, or related field.
- 0-2 years of relevant work experience.
- Strong programming ability.
- Python on Linux experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, run, and monitor production latency-sensitive trading applications.
- Automate trading infrastructure/application management in Python.
- Triage and resolve live incidents in a fast-paced trading environment.
- Create and integrate monitoring and alerting.
- Work with Linux, network, and datacenter engineers to troubleshoot issues and optimize trading performance.
- Assist with rollout of new products, systems, and exchanges.
- Conduct user acceptance testing across internal trading application stacks.
- Review incidents for recurring themes and feed technical requirements back into the development cycle.
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Job description
Old Mission is seeking a Junior Trading Ops/DevOps Engineer in Chicago to safeguard performance of proprietary trading systems and in-house applications. You will own technical issues and bridge SRE, operations, and DevOps functions.
The role emphasizes automation in Python, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration with Linux/network teams. Strong programming and teamwork are essential for this fast-paced environment.
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