Senior Low-Latency Infra Architect - Crypto Trading

FalconX; New York (NY); On-site; USD 179,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

FalconX is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer in New York City to architect and operate ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid networks for electronic trading.

You will lead kernel tuning, IaC, and platform scaling across EMM/PMM, while mentoring junior engineers and driving reliability through observability tools like Grafana Cloud and Prometheus.

This role offers equity and a performance bonus as part of a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, or SRE in low-latency environments.
• Deep Linux internals: kernel tuning, memory management, network I/O optimization.
• Experience with AWS low-latency constructs (Placement Groups, ENA/ENI).
• Trading infrastructure experience: FIX, Aeron, or low-latency connectivity.
• Familiar with HFT workflows or crypto exchange API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and maintain ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid network topologies (VPCs, gateways).
• Tune Linux OS kernels and compute performance (isolcpus, ENA/ENI).
• Drive infrastructure automation with Terraform and Ansible.
• Scale platforms to support EMM, PMM, and TradFi convergences.

Skills

Low-latency design

Linux kernel tuning

AWS networking

Trading protocols

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

CI/CD

Observability

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Jenkins

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

FalconX is seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer in New York City to architect and operate ultra-low latency AWS and hybrid networks for electronic trading.

You will lead kernel tuning, IaC, and platform scaling across EMM/PMM, while mentoring junior engineers and driving reliability through observability tools like Grafana Cloud and Prometheus.

This role offers equity and a performance bonus as part of a competitive compensation package.