Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Acquire Me; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Growth-focused engineering culture

Direct impact on trading infra

Job summary

Acquire Me in New York is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to build and evolve the reliability, observability, and automation capabilities powering a performance‑sensitive trading environment.

You will work at the intersection of software and infrastructure to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of trading and research platforms, designing and optimizing infrastructure that underpins mission‑critical systems.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience with one or more languages such as Python, Go, or C++.
• Deep understanding of Linux systems and production infrastructure.
• Experience building and operating highly available production environments.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, observability, monitoring, and incident management.
• Experience improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of critical systems and services through automation.
• Excellent troubleshooting and fire‑fighting ability within complex production environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the reliability, observability, and automation capabilities powering a performance‑sensitive trading environment.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical trading and research platforms.
• Design, build, and optimise the infrastructure that underpins a best-in-class trading environment.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Linux

Distributed systems

Observability

Automation

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

OpenShift

EKS

GKE

AKS

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

ELK

Job description

A leading quantitative trading firm is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to build and evolve the reliability, observability, and automation capabilities powering a highly performance-sensitive trading environment.

Working at the intersection of software and infrastructure, you'll ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of critical trading and research platforms. The team works across Linux, distributed systems, observability, automation, and platform engineering to solve complex production challenges at scale. You'll play a key role in designing, building, and optimising the infrastructure that underpins a best-in-class trading environment.

What You'll Bring

• Strong software engineering experience with one or more languages such as Python, Go, or C++
• Deep understanding of Linux systems and production infrastructure
• Experience building and operating highly available production environments
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, observability, monitoring, and incident management
• Experience improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of critical systems and services through automation
• Excellent troubleshooting and fire‑fighting ability within complex production environments

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, OpenShift, EKS, GKE, AKS, or other container orchestration platforms
• Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Splunk, or ELK
• Background working within a quantitative trading firm, leading technology company, or high‑growth startup

On Offer

• Market‑leading compensation and benefits
• Growth‑focused, high‑performance engineering culture
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on business‑critical trading infrastructure