Site Reliability Engineer

Virtu; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtu is a leading financial firm delivering liquidity and transparent trading solutions across the global markets. The Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineer role supports deployment and maintenance of an electronic trading system on hundreds of venues worldwide.

The candidate will work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment, collaborating with traders and exchanges to ensure low latency and robust operations.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of SRE/Production Support experience, or fresh graduates
• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments
• Ability to stay cool under pressure in time-sensitive environments
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems
• Excellent communication skills and strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

Responsibilities

• Maintain deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of the electronic trading system
• Serve as first point of contact for external trading connections and support
• Perform risk management, system triage, and optimization under high-stress conditions
• Collaborate with traders and exchanges to understand micro-market structure

Skills

Linux

Under pressure

Programming: Python

Programming: Bash/Perl/Go

SQL

Networking TCP/UDP

Communication skills

Markets knowledge

Education

Strong academic record

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Salt

Job description

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide.

THE ROLE

Virtu’sSite Reliability/Core Operations Engineers form a small, fast-paced global team dedicated to managing the deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of a sophisticated electronic trading system operating on hundreds of venues around the world. They are positioned at the very forefront of our technology’s interaction with the financial markets, requiring them to work well under high-stress situations and have an ability to react decisively and quickly in time-sensitive situations. This team is the first point of contact for all our external trading connections and, as such, they perform a dynamic mix of functions. This includes everything from counter party support to risk management and system triage/optimization.

Our Site Reliability/Core Operations Engineers operate at a high-level in a Windows/Linux environment to solve complex technical problems and work with traders and exchanges to understand micro-market structure. A strong interest in the markets and technology is a must. This is a unique job opportunity to become an integral part of a fast-paced electronic trading environment.

THE CANDIDATE:

• 1-3 years of experience in an SRE or Production Support role. Will consider fresh graduates
• Excellent working knowledge of Linux environments
• Ability to be cool under pressure and at ease in high-stress, time-sensitive environments
• Interest in high transaction environments and/or low-latency systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong academic record
• Technical agility; interest in innovative technologies

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Working with financial systems or knowledge of the global financial market place
• Competence in at least one programming language - preferably Python / Bash / Perl / Go or similar.
• Experience with OMS/ESM order flow
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with configuration management platforms (i.e. Ansible, Puppet or Salt)
• Knowledge of networking, both TCP and UDP

Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000 (salary range is exclusive of bonuses, benefits or other categories of compensation)

Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.