Senior Network Engineer (Low Latency)

Acquire Me; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Technical autonomy

Job summary

Acquire Me is seeking an exceptional Network Engineer to design, build, and scale a global network infrastructure supporting low-latency production trading, market data distribution, and large-scale research compute. You will own network design, architecture, automation, and performance optimisation while collaborating with Systems, Infrastructure and Trading teams across a global environment.

The role offers autonomy with significant investment in infrastructure, and compensation is highly

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of Layer 2/3 networking incl. BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP and multicast.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale global network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Systems, Infrastructure and Trading teams to deploy new capabilities.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across a global environment.
• Drive automation and performance optimisation.

Skills

Layer 2/3 Networking

BGP/Ospf/TCP/IP/Multicast

High-Performance Networking

Network Automation

Python/Ansible Scripting

Wireshark/tcpdump Analysis

Vendor Platform Experience (Arista/C/C

Low-Latency HPC/GPU/Data Center

Tools

Wireshark

tcpdump

Python

Ansible

Job description

I’m partnered with an elite quantitative trading firm who are looking for an exceptional Network Engineer to help design, build and scale their global network infrastructure, supporting everything from low-latency production trading and market data distribution to large-scale research compute, GPU clusters and high-performance storage environments.

You’ll have broad technical ownership across network design, architecture, automation and performance optimisation. Working closely with Systems, Infrastructure and Trading teams, you’ll be responsible for building new network capabilities, improving existing infrastructure and troubleshooting complex issues across a global environment.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of Layer 2/3 networking, including BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP and multicast (PIM/IGMP).
• Extensive experience designing, building and scaling high-performance network infrastructure.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Arista, Cisco, Juniper or similar networking platforms.
• Advanced troubleshooting and packet analysis skills using Wireshark, tcpdump or similar tools.
• Experience with network automation and scripting using Python, Ansible or similar technologies.
• Exposure to low-latency networking, HPC/GPU infrastructure, optical networking or large-scale data centre environments is highly desirable.

The firm offers significant technical autonomy, substantial investment in its infrastructure and can be aggressive on compensation for exceptional engineers

The role can be based out of their New York City or Chicago office.