Production Engineer - Quant Trading (Hybrid)

Acquire Me; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Acquire Me in New York City is seeking Site Reliability Engineer to join a leading quantitative trading firm. You will apply software engineering to infrastructure, build automation, and optimize large-scale distributed systems.

The role offers ownership, collaboration with top technologists, and opportunities to improve performance, resilience, and operational efficiency in a hybrid NYC environment with potential for London.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or STEM field.
• Strong programming in Python, C++, Go, Java or similar.
• Excellent Linux knowledge: OS, networking, debugging, performance.
• Experience with distributed systems in large-scale production.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, related protocols.
• Automation tooling and software-principles in infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible.
• Strong problem-solving and deep systems curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Join a collaborative, engineering-led team on large-scale challenges.
• Own and improve production infrastructure with automation.
• Develop software to enhance reliability and performance.
• Work across Linux infrastructure and production environments.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Java

Linux

Distributed systems

Automation tooling

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Networking basics

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or STEM field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Acquire Me in New York City is seeking Site Reliability Engineer to join a leading quantitative trading firm. You will apply software engineering to infrastructure, build automation, and optimize large-scale distributed systems.

The role offers ownership, collaboration with top technologists, and opportunities to improve performance, resilience, and operational efficiency in a hybrid NYC environment with potential for London.