Real-Time Trading Reliability Engineer

Greenhouse Software, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenhouse Software, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Trading Engineer to join our Strategy Development team.

You’ll own systems powering trading strategies, build automations that make us faster and smarter, and keep our trading operations running smoothly under pressure where milliseconds matter. The ideal candidate has an SRE or operations engineering background, a software-development mindset for automating operational problems (Python required), and hands-on experience with production Linux and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 3+ years in site reliability, systems engineering, or tech operations.
• Experience applying a software-development mindset to automating operational problems (Python required).
• Hands-on experience managing production Linux and Kubernetes environments.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, SQL/MongoDB, InfluxDB, Kafka, or similar technologies.
• Proactive, problem-solving mindset; thrives under pressure and learns new systems quickly.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor system health and performance in real time, respond to market-driven incidents, and ensure systems stay up and fast during trading hours.
• Engineer automated tools and processes to scale reliability and reduce manual tasks.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and developers to deliver high-impact improvements to the trading stack.
• Drive reliability and performance improvements through engineering excellence.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Linux

Prometheus

SQL/MongoDB

Kafka

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Prometheus

SQL

MongoDB

InfluxDB

Kafka

Job description

Greenhouse Software, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Trading Engineer to join our Strategy Development team.

You’ll own systems powering trading strategies, build automations that make us faster and smarter, and keep our trading operations running smoothly under pressure where milliseconds matter. The ideal candidate has an SRE or operations engineering background, a software-development mindset for automating operational problems (Python required), and hands-on experience with production Linux and