Senior DevOps Engineer - Trading Platform & Kubernetes

Venture Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global crypto trading firm based in New York is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. This role involves enhancing CI/CD pipelines, optimizing Kubernetes, and developing internal tools in a high-performance trading environment. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with Kubernetes, Golang/Rust, and infrastructure as code tools. This full-time position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge financial technology.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Kubernetes and Kubernetes Operators.
• Proficient in Golang and/or Rust for systems and tooling development.
• Previous experience in a trading or high-frequency financial environment.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD workflows, particularly with FluxCD and GitHub Actions.
• Excellent communication skills, able to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Exposure to scripting and development using Python and/or Node.js.
• A passion for technology and a proactive approach to learning new tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and extend CI/CD pipelines leveraging tools such as FluxCD and GitHub Actions.
• Optimize and integrate Kubernetes Operators with other systems.
• Contribute to the development of an internal workload orchestration solution built in Rust.
• Design and develop internal tools to improve platform efficiency.
• Promote DevOps best practices for application reliability and performance tuning.
• Participate in day-to-day operational tasks and platform monitoring.
• Collaborate with internal teams for technical solutions.
• Continuously propose enhancements for infrastructure scalability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Rust

Ansible

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CI/CD workflows

Python

Node.js

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

A global crypto trading firm based in New York is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. This role involves enhancing CI/CD pipelines, optimizing Kubernetes, and developing internal tools in a high-performance trading environment. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with Kubernetes, Golang/Rust, and infrastructure as code tools. This full-time position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge financial technology.