Senior Site Reliability - High Frequency Trading - Trading / R&D ~$650,000

Mondrian Alpha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading high frequency trading fund in New York is looking for a highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, you will ensure ultra-reliable and highly optimized trading infrastructure. Responsibilities include implementing self-healing systems, building failure-injection systems, and creating high-performance monitoring pipelines. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in Python, C++, Go, Linux, Networking, and DevOps automation. This role offers the opportunity to work with top engineers and cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python, C++, and Go.
• Expertise in Linux and Networking.
• Familiarity with DevOps automation technologies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high reliability of trading infrastructure.
• Implement self-healing systems for thousands of machines.
• Build and test failure-injection systems for resiliency.
• Develop high-performance monitoring pipelines for metrics analysis.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Linux

Networking

DevOps automation

Tools

perf

tcpdump

edpf

Job description

A tier one high frequency trading fund are seeking a highly skilled site reliability engineer to ensure that the firm's trading infrastructure is ultra-reliable, highly optimized, and globally scalable. This funds trading platforms operate in microseconds, so SRE's work on fine-tuning operating systems, kernel parameters, and networking stacks to minimize latency and jitter. Work involves deep system-level debugging using tools like perf, tcpdump, edpf and sometimes writing custom kernel modules.

• Implement self-healing systems that detect and mitigate failures across thousands of machines without human intervention.
• Build and test failure-injection systems (similar to chaos engineering) to validate resiliency under extreme market conditions.
• Build high-performance monitoring pipelines capable of analysing millions of metrics and logs per second

We're seeking strong experience in Python / C++ / Go, Linux, Networking and DevOps automation technology.

You'd join one of the most successful funds globally, working alongside the smartest engineers on the market completing projects utilising the latest technologies.